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didn’t say of struggling bar and restaurant workers and owners, "Let them eat cake." He went even lower, telling them to be grateful for the crumbs he’s letting them have.Responding to criticism Monday for banning indoor dining in the city when his own contact-tracing data show just 1.43 percent of state cases are linked to bars and restaurants, Cuomo blustered, "Let’s focus on what the real issues are," dismissing "people who are concerned" about losing their livelihoods."You should be HAPPY because if we don’t change the trajectory, we’re going to go to shutdown, and then your business is going to close. That, my friends, is a real problem. Worry about that because that is a real worry," he ranted.
Yet minutes later, he undermined his own job-killing mandate.
"Overwhelmingly, the number of new cases are coming from small gatherings, living room spread," he said. "I can’t tell you how many people I talk to who say, ’I’m not going out, I’m staying home and I invite my friends over, so I’m being safe,’" he continued. "The problem in the spring was going out. The problem in the winter is staying home and inviting people over."