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November 4, 2021 | Local Restaurant Owners, State Restaurant Association Urge Gov’t to Replenish ‘Restaurant Revitalization Fund’ as Outdoor Dining Season Ends
October 28, 2021 | State Restaurant Association Survey: Vaccine Mandate Forcing New York City Restaurants to Lose Customers, Face Staffing Challenges
October 25, 2021 | State Restaurant Association Survey: No Expectation of Return to Normalcy Any Time Soon Among Restaurant Operators
August 24, 2021 | New York Restaurant Industry Financial Security in Danger of Being Wiped Out by Delta Variant
May 24, 2021 | New Yorkers Strongly Favor Making ‘Alcohol To-Go’ from Restaurants Permanent
April 19, 2021 | Struggling Restaurants Hit Hard by Sudden Increase in New York State’s Unemployment Insurance Rates
March 4, 2021 | State Restaurant Association Survey: Majority of Operators Report Delivery and Take-Out Sales Make Up Less Than One-Third of Lost Sales
February, 15, 2021 | SCHUMER: CAPITAL REGION’S RESTAURANTS, THE WORKERS THEY EMPLOY & LOCAL ECONOMY THEY SUPPORT NEED IMMEDIATE FED RELIEF TO WEATHER COVID FOR THE LONG HAUL
January 23, 2021 | State Restaurant Association Calls on New York to Follow Other States’ Lead and Loosen Restrictions
December 30, 2020 | NYSRA applauds local governments for implementing price gouging protections, but warns of big tech loophole that hurts local restaurants
December 10, 2020 | New York's Restaurants Faring Far Worse Than National Average
September 3, 2020 | NYSRA Survey: Nearly Two-Thirds of New York’s Restaurants Likely to Close by Year’s End Without Government Support
August 16, 2020 | State Restaurant Association Survey: 90% of restaurants unlikely to be profitable in the next 6 months without Gov’t assistance
July 7, 2020 | Overwhelming Majority of New Yorkers in Favor of Permanently Allowing Takeout or Delivery of Alcoholic Beverages from Restaurants
June 16, 2020 | Lobbying Bumps Industries Forward for Reopening
April 14, 2020 | New York Partners with Nearby States to Coordinate Economic Reopening
April 7, 2020 | As Demand for Disaster Loans Soars, So Does Frustration
April 3, 2020 | Will New York Rebound from the Coronavirus Pandemic?
April 2, 2020 | 7 Ways the CARES Act Could Hurt Restaurants 
March 24, 2020 | Restaurants Get No Relief from Business Interruption Insurance
March 23, 2020 | The American Restaurant Industry is on Life Support
March 20, 2020 | NY Restaurants Improvise 
March 20, 2020 | Cuomo Bans All Non-Essential Travel in NY
March 20, 2020 | NYS Waives Late Payment Fees on Sales Tax 
March 20, 2020 | Small Businesses Now Eligible for Low-Interest Loans
Mar 19, 2020 | Small Businesses Urge State to Postpone Sales Tax
March 17, 2020 | The Fine Print of Grubhub's $100M Relief Program 
March 16, 2020 | SLA Guidance on Alcohol Delivery
March 16, 2020 | Restaurants Must Switch to Delivery and Take Out
February 28, 2020 | 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry
February 25, 2020 | Don't Let Ghost Kitchens Scare You. They Could be a Vision of The Future.
February 13, 2020 | NYC Lawmakers Aim to Protect Fast Food Workers from Unfair Firings
February 7, 2020 | Coronavirus Preparation
January 7, 2020 | The New Tariffs Threaten Your Grocery Bills and Global Wine Culture
January 6, 2020 | Bisons' Rob Free named Chairman of New York State Restaurant Association