NYC restaurant hostess attacked over vaccine status request

NEW YORK (AP) — Police accidental a hostess astatine a fashionable New York City edifice was assaulted by 3 women from Texas aft she asked for impervious they had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

In a quality release, constabulary accidental the 3 women repeatedly punched the hostess astatine Carmine's connected the precocious westbound broadside and broke her necklace Thursday day aft she asked for impervious of vaccination, which is required to dine wrong astatine New York City restaurants.

The onslaught near the 24-year-old unfortunate bruised and scratched.

She declined aesculapian attention.

The 3 women were arrested connected charges of misdemeanor battle and transgression mischief.

They were fixed table quality tickets and ordered to look successful tribunal connected Oct. 5.

According to the Associated Press, New York began enforcing the caller COVID protocol this week.

Still, the rule, which requires patrons to beryllium they're vaccinated to devour indoors astatine restaurants, went into effect connected Aug. 17, the AP reported.

According to the AP, Carmine's has a motion posted that states customers indispensable amusement impervious they've been vaccinated against COVID-19 to dine indoors astatine its restaurant.