Posted on July 31, 2020 at 3:42 pm by Carol Tannenhauser

Dining in the Hi-Life atrium.

By Carol Tannenhauser

On Thursday, July 30th, the New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) suspended the liquor license of Hi-Life Bar & Grill, on 83rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, for allegedly violating the dining-in ban still in effect in New York City due to the coronavirus.

“I’m still reeling,” said owner Earl Geer, in an email to WSR. “A half hour ago, reps from the SLA came with cops to shut our bar down. Last night, we were given a notice by an SLA rep for utilizing our sidewalk café atrium, with French doors open, to serve diners. This is a gray area, as it has a fixed roof.”

Geer said he was under the misunderstanding that when guidelines were modified to include street seating with solid overhead covering, i.e. tents, that seating in his cafe, with all doors open and also plexiglass separating diners, was in compliance.

“We complied immediately on Wednesday night, but today we learned that the ‘Full Board’ voted and suspended a number of licenses, including ours. So much for three strikes,” he added.

The fine for the violation could be as much as $10,000, Eater said.

Geer emphasized that he is “very supportive of Governor Cuomo and all he has done to keep New York City safe, and will always comply with city and state regulations. “While we would have appreciated a warning,” Geer said, “We apologize for the misunderstanding and any noncompliance.”

“I’m heartbroken,” said Upper West Sider and tipster Joe Mutz. “I’ve consumed more meals there than I can count.”

Until the matter is resolved, Hi-Life’s kitchen will remain open for outdoor dining and delivery, and will offer complimentary watermelon and mint-infused water, ice teas and Arnold Palmers. Geer is calling this a “neighborhood booze cleanse.”

Earl wrote about the difficulties of operating a restaurant amid the pandemic here.

The staff of Hi-Life created a GoFundMe account to help with Hi-Life’s legal expenses and lost business. Click here to donate.

Democratic senators warned Friday that controversial changes to U.S. Postal Service procedures have raised concerns in Washington about the timely delivery of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election.

Earlier this month, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy approved a controversial cost-cutting operation at the USPS, which Congress re-imagined last century as a hybrid government-corporation. In lieu of federal funding, the postal service, which traces its roots back to the Federalist Era, would sustain itself via its own revenue sources, none of which are today capable of covering costs. DeJoy, who assumed office last month after 30 years as CEO of a North Carolina-based logistics firm, says immediate changes and others to come are intended to resolve years’ worth of operating deficits that have left the agency more than a hundred billion dollars in debt.

An internal document obtained by the Washington Post shows that DeJoy has placed greater emphasis on schedule and punctuality, telling carriers to “leave for the street on time, and return on time.” A direct consequence of this, the July 10 memo to employees says, is that carriers may “temporarily” see “mail left behind or mail on the workroom floor or docks,” which it adds is “not typical.”

DeJoy, whose past as a major GOP donor and fundraiser for President Trump has rubbed many the wrong way, has portrayed the USPS as a “broken business model,” saying in a statement this week that an inability to balance costs with available funding has led the agency to face “an impending liquidity crisis.” The agency, which conservatives have long sought to privatize, is widely projected to become insolvent this year. Nevertheless, Federal lawmakers are questioning the sanity of implementing any drastic changes amid the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and only months before a national election.

“Recent concerns raised by constituents and postal workers have brought to light questionable changes under your leadership now taking place in post offices and processing centers across the nation that may negatively impact mail delivery,” read a letter to Postmaster General DeJoy from four U.S. senators on Friday. (The letter was cosigned by Senators Gary Peters, Amy Klobuchar, Chuck Schumer, and Tom Carper — of Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Delaware, respectively.)

The letter coincides with a Washington Post report describing nationwide “days-long backlogs of mail,” which it said is “alarming” postal workers and union officials, whom the paper describes as fearful that DeJoy’s new protocols could “undermine their ability to deliver ballots on time for the November elections.”

Already, at least 65,000 absentee or mail-in ballots have been rejected this year because they arrived past the deadline, an NPR analysis found, “often through no fault of the voter.” Although the pandemic has greatly exacerbated the USPS’s financial troubles, the White House in June threatened to veto a coronavirus relief package if it included any money for the agency, which employs more than 630,000 workers.

The American Postal Workers Union did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

One Democratic aide told Gizmodo that lawmakers, including those with oversight jurisdiction, did not have a complete understanding of what has transpired at the USPS since DeJoy’s arrival. The changes have been described to them only in ambiguous terms, such as “operational efforts,” and it was unclear what timetable DeJoy was operating under, they said.

The letter sent Friday includes seven questions that speak to just how little the U.S. senators know, such as: “Did you discuss these operational changes, or any other operational changes, with Administration officials outside the Post Office?” The letter asserts DeJoy did not consult “meaningfully” with any representatives of the postal union or any other “mail industry stakeholders.”

“It is essential that the Postal Service not slow down mail or in any way compromise service for veterans, small businesses, rural communities, seniors, and millions of Americans who rely on the mail—including significant numbers who will be relying on the Postal Service to exercise their right to vote,” the letter says.

USPS spokesman David Partenheimer said in an email that the agency was “vigorously focusing on the efficiency” of its operations as part of a broader strategy to make the agency financially stable. “Of course we acknowledge that temporary service impacts can occur as we redouble our efforts to conform to the current operating plans, but any such impacts will be monitored and temporary as the root causes of any issues will be addressed as necessary and corrected as appropriate,” he said.

Partenheimer said the agency would “continually review” its practices and adjust them, when required, “to ensure that we operate in an efficient and effective manner.” He also sought to emphasize that DeJoy was appointed by the Postal Service Board of Governors, and not the president, as others, he said, had falsely reported.

Sen. Klobuchar, who cosigned the USPS letter, remains concerned about the potential for the changes to undermine the integrity of elections nationwide, a spokesperson said.

President Trump, meanwhile, floated the idea on Thursday that the November election could be delayed because, he said on Twitter, expanding mail-in ballots due to public covid-19 concerns would cause the “greatest election disaster in history.” In the New York Times, the co-founder of the powerful conservative legal group the Federalist Society, a Trump ally, called the tweet “fascistic,” adding it was “itself grounds for the president’s immediate impeachment again.”

Sen. Ron Wyden told Gizmodo on Friday that he was growing increasingly concerned about efforts to undermine faith in mail-in ballots and the elections in general.

“The fact that [Trump] is pushing unconstitutional fantasies like changing election day makes clear how desperate he is to cling to power,” Wyden said. “Every elected official needs to make clear that Trump’s transparent attempts to overthrow our democratic systems are totally unacceptable. And Americans in vote-by-mail states can protect against sabotage by voting as early as possible, or returning ballots at drop boxes.”

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Trader Joe’s, which indicated earlier this month it might change the names of some of its products after an online petition denounced them as racist, now says it will stick with labels like Trader Jose’s and Trader Ming’s for Mexican and Asian food.

“We want to be clear: we disagree that any of these labels are racist,” the popular grocery chain said in a statement posted on its website. It added, “We do not make decisions based on petitions.”

The petition posted on change.org by a high school student claims the names create “a narrative of exoticism that perpetuates harmful stereotypes.”

Other Trader Joe’s names cited include Arabian Joe for Middle Eastern food, Trader Giotto’s for Italian and Trader Joe San for Japanese cuisine.

After the petition was launched Trader Joe’s issued a statement saying it has been in the process of updating product labels and hoped to conclude that effort soon.

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“While this approach to product naming may have been rooted in a lighthearted attempt at inclusiveness, we recognize that it may now have the opposite effect — one that is contrary to the welcoming, rewarding customer experience we strive to create every day,” company spokeswoman Kenya Friend-Daniel said at the time.

She didn’t respond to a message Friday asking what changed the company’s mind.

But in its recent statement the grocery chain said it still believes the names, many created decades ago, represent lighthearted efforts at inclusion, adding that its customers say they still like them.

Initial word that it would change the names, Trader Joe’s said, was based on “inaccurate reports.”

“We thought then—and still do—that this naming of products could be fun and show appreciation for other cultures,” the company said.

The petition, which had more than 5,000 signatures on Friday, also provoked disagreement among some who saw it.

“Enough is enough,” one person commented. “Let’s stop stereotyping and perpetuating narratives that are harmful and hurtful.”

Another responded, “Pick on something else. The packaging indicates it’s authentic to the country the recipe comes from! There are far more important issues to be worked on!”

In the middle of a global pandemic, some of the largest advertisers in the world said they would boycott Facebook Inc., which makes almost all of its money from online advertisements.

It would be reasonable to think that would lead to tough times for Facebook’s business and stock. But that is not what happened after the social-media company’s second-quarter earnings report Thursday afternoon, as Facebook shares instead jumped to record highs Friday after analysts reported optimistic takeaways from the report.

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Shares of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+10.46%
jumped 10.47% to $425.04 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+1.48%
rising 1.49% to 10,745.27 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.43%
rising 0.44% to 26,428.32. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains. Apple Inc. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $399.82, which the company reached on July 13th.