Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Restaurant owners and Buffalo Bills fans are hoping a 'Hail Mary' legal effort would mean the 10pm curfew in place for restaurants and bars across New York State could be lifted by Sunday's AFC Championship game featuring the Bills.
Attorney Paul Cambria of Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria and attorney Steve Cohen with HoganWillig are joining forces with the suit that was filed Friday and sources told WBEN they had hoped for possible Saturday action, but on Saturday, attorney Steve Cohen reported confusion over the case being assigned an 'index number' and now awaits further action by State Supreme Court Justice Paula Feroleto. About 90 restaurants are listed as plaintiffs in the suit.[Complete legal filing below]
"We are asking the court to strike down this arbitrary time," Cambria told WBEN late Friday. "There is nothing in science or fact which dictates a 10 o'clock time as opposed to 11 or 12 or 1 or whatever. It is totally arbitrary and that is what we seek to convince the court of."
The COVID curfew currently in place will mean any restaurant or bar showing the Bills game Sunday night would need to close their doors at 10pm, regardless of whether the game has ended or not.
A similar suit on behalf of dozens of restaurants was recently successful when a State Supreme Court justice ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and allowed restaurants to reopen to indoor dining with limited capacity.
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