Just stop. Covid wasn’t even a thing in New York City until the middle of March. Coming into March the big deal was the stupid fucking plastic bag ban:
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-plastic-bag-ban-new-york-20200222-dkabkos6pzaolgdr2ovkhhmwsy-story.htmlMost city lawmakers have embraced the ban, which kicks in on March 1, but two of them led a rally calling on Gov. Cuomo to put a hold on enforcement. A state official said Tuesday that Cuomo was doing just that, but Councilmen Mark Gjonaj (D-Bronx) and Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) weren’t aware of the hold at a rally Thursday.
“Our future and the environment is important to us, but it’s not exclusive that this should be done on the backs of small businesses,” Gjonaj fumed. “In particular, 13,000 bodegas in New York City are not prepared for this regulation.”
Shops won’t face any consequences for the foreseeable future.