{"id":1218147,"date":"2022-01-15T15:19:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T20:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218147"},"modified":"2022-01-15T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T20:19:30","slug":"ny-restauranteur-blasts-dem-senators-arrogance-for-flouting-mask-mandate-thinks-shes-above-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-restauranteur-blasts-dem-senators-arrogance-for-flouting-mask-mandate-thinks-shes-above-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Restauranteur Blasts Dem Senator\u2019s \u2018Arrogance\u2019 For Flouting Mask Mandate: \u2018Thinks She\u2019s Above The Law\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-restauranteur-blasts-dem-senators-arrogance-for-flouting-mask-mandate-thinks-shes-above-the-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218147&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The owner of a restaurant in upstate New York blasted U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for hypocrisy on the state\u2019s COVID-19 mask mandate, after she entered the restaurant without a mask on.<\/p>\n<p>John LaPosta, the owner and head chef of Innovo Kitchen, based in Latham, New York, made the comments in a post on the restaurant\u2019s Instagram page Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem with NY politics in a nut shell,\u201d LaPosta wrote. \u201cMy Senator blowing past my manager before she can even ask her to put a mask on. Walking right past a really big sign that says \u2018masks required to enter\u2019 The masks are a mandate from the Governor. As good citizens, agree or not, we must follow our leaders. Her guest is graciously wearing one. I guess Senator Gillibrand thinks that the Governor is wrong or she is special and above the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaPosta tagged the CDC, as well as several local journalists and news outlets, at the end of the post. The post included video from a security camera showing Gillibrand walking into the restaurant without a mask on, while the guest, who is wearing a mask, follows her briefly before apparently stopping at the host desk to check in.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the signs inside, the home page of <a href=\"https:\/\/innovokitchen.com\/\">Innovo Kitchen\u2019s website<\/a> has a section notifying customers that the statewide mask mandate was reinstated on December 13, 2021. \u201cAll staff must wear masks and all customers must wear masks anytime they are not seated,\u201d the website reads.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/15\/kirsten-gillibrand-walks-maskless-through-ny-restaurant\/\">New York Post<\/a>, LaPosta knocked Gillibrand for her hypocrisy. \u201cGillibrand is part of the system that put the mask mandate in place,\u201d he said. \u201cShe thinks she\u2019s above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hypocritical to me. The arrogance is just breathtaking. Our politicians should be with us, not against us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>LaPosta also said that Gillibrand\u2019s flouting of the mask rules will make it harder to enforce them in the future. \u201cPeople will say, \u2018If Gillibrand is not wearing a mask, why should I wear a mask,\u2019\u201d he said. He added that he believed Gillibrand owed his staff and apology.<\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand issued a statement acknowledging her wrongdoing late Friday. \u201cWe all need to do our part to help stop the spread of Omicron and that means following state and local guidance,\u201d Gillibrand said in a statement, via the New York Post. \u201cThat includes me and I will do better going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Governor of New York reimposed the statewide mask mandate on December 10, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gestapo-tactics-at-least-13-counties-tell-hochul-they-wont-enforce-her-mask-mandate\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported. \u201cGovernor Kathy Hochul today announced masks will be required to be worn in all indoor public places unless businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement,\u201d the governor\u2019s office said in a press release at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post reported that failures by businesses to enforce the mandate would be punished by a fine of up to $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>The order is expected to be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-announces-major-action-address-winter-surge-and-prevent-business-disruption\">reassessed<\/a>\u201d Saturday, per the governor\u2019s office. As of the publication of this article, there has been no decision made publicly available.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of a restaurant in upstate New York blasted U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for hypocrisy on the state\u2019s COVID-19 mask mandate, after she entered the restaurant without a mask on. John LaPosta, the owner and head chef of Innovo Kitchen, based in Latham, New York, made the comments in a post on the restaurant\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}