Viral Swing: NYC slaps COVID-19 rule breakers with $150,000 in fines

Monday, 12 October 2020

NYC slaps COVID-19 rule breakers with $150,000 in fines

NEW YORK - City officials gave out 62 fines totaling $150,000 for violations of COVID-19 rules in hot spots in Brooklyn and Queens over the weekend, the city government said Sunday. Five unnamed religious institutions were among those hit with fines. The crackdown came amid an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases from Borough Park, Brooklyn, to Kew Gardens, Queens. With many of the affected areas ...