| Coronavirus May Close Cafe
Sued In SDNY Under ADA But First Amendment
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 11 – Dino Antolini sued
Cafe Katja on Orchard Street
on the Lower East Side under
the American with Disabilities
Act. That was before the
COVID-19 pandemic and New York
State's "Stay at Home"
Order.
On May 11, U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Freeman held
a telephone conference in the
case. She asked, Who's on?
"Inner City Press, not a
participant."
One of the lawyers says, I
guess he has a First Amendment
right.
Correct. A
defense lawyer said the
restaurant is probably never
going to re-open, after the
lockdown and loss of revenue.
Magistrate Judge Freeman had
said on May 4 that she wanted
a joint letter. But it didn't
happen.
The May 6 letter filed by
plaintiff's lawyer Stuart H.
Finkelstein includes
defendants' counsel portion
separately, which states that
"the restaurant is closed to
the public." And so it goes in
Coronavirus times.
The two
sides have been given a week,
or Judge Freeman will simply
rule. The case is Antolini v.
75-81 Orchard Street, et al.,
19-cv-5894 (Schofield /
Freeman).
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