Governor Cuomo Gets Hit With Distressing News — Supporters Gather In Protest Outside Tavern In Defiance Of New York’s COVID Restrictions

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60 people banded together outside of a Staten Island bar, Mac’s Public House, to protest the owner’s arrest, according to Fox News.

Mac’s Public House in Staten Island has allegedly been disregarding COVID-19 restrictions and co-owner, Danny Presti was hauled away in handcuffs.

Protesters sang “God Bless America” and Twisted Sister’s “Were Not Gonna Take It.”

One protester held a sign that said, “Lock up criminals, not Americans.”

Christine Salica said, “To me this is a revolution. [Gov. Andrew] Cuomo and his legislators are collecting our paychecks and they are putting us out of work.”

Presti was uncooperative and has been charged with obstruction of governmental administration.

The bar has been fined thousands of dollars.

Presti said, “We are a community. We take back Staten Island tonight. We take all the states back. This is how we take our country back.”

More from Fox News:

Around 60 people assembled in front of Mac’s Public House in Staten Island after its co-owner, Danny Presti, was taken away in handcuffs Tuesday night. Many businesses — particularly restaurants and bars — have been impacted severely by government-mandated closures in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The bar has been fined thousands of dollars as it continues serving patrons indoors and operating past the 10 p.m. curfew for restaurant service that Cuomo imposed citywide.

Plainclothes New York City Sheriff’s deputies were inside the bar on Tuesday and ordered food in exchange for a mandatory $40 donation. Uniformed deputies then entered and issued tickets for city and state violations.