One celebration in Queens had more than 300 customers, who ‘used booze, sang karaoke and danced’. According to the sheriff, congregations were exposed.
The party, which is being held in a lounge, allegedly functioned like a talk show, with an emergency exit that, according to the sheriff’s office, had to open an employee from inside.
The party’s alleged organizer, Man Phan, told CNN he was not aware of rules against gathering in large groups before the event. He said the party was meant for friends only, and that no one paid for alcohol or admission.
“It should not have been so many people,” Phan said, adding that he believed the actual number of party-goers was far less than the 300 approached by the sheriff’s office. “Things got out of hand. We didn’t mean it, but it happened that way.”
Phan has been issued offenses for an unlicensed bottle club, which violates the executive and emergency orders and, among other things, obstructs the exit. His wife, a DJ and an employee were also fined, while the lounge was fined $ 15,000 for failing to protect health and safety.
Delegates striking out at a party in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood found 145 people, including many unmasked and danced while a gathering of 80 people in Brooklyn blew music through an open door, according to the sheriff.
The office shared a photo of the SoHo party, with boxes of Must have champagne and Patron tequila, along with bottles of Bombay Sapphire and Kettle One vodka. Organizers were charged $ 1,000 each for violating orders at mass gatherings, while the promoter was charged with violating the orders and violating alcohol and a $ 15,000 fine for failing to comply with health and safety rules. protected, according to the sheriff’s office.
The organizers issued violations on all three occasions for failing to protect health and safety, and violating state and city orders against non-essential events, among others. It appears that no party-goers are being charged.
Organizers for the parties in Manhattan and Brooklyn could not be immediately reached by CNN.