
Manager Paata Sichinava and owner Aba Cohen now face misdemeanor charges for breaking Mayor Bill de Blasio's emergency measures regarding COVID-19 social distancing requirements and unlawfully altering the nature or character of the business. on Friday, deputy sheriffs found about 284 people indoors for the wedding event at Royal Elite Palace on Garfield Avenue near 69th Place in Maspeth, Queens, where there were people inside eating and drinking alcohol, Sheriff Joe Fucito, head of the Sheriff's Office, confirmed to Gothamist. A nearly 300-person wedding reception was shut down Friday night by the Sheriff's Office for violating COVID-19 social distancing rules as NYC fights to keep rising infections in hot spots across the city at bay.Ībout 11:50 p.m.
