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MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
STRUGGLING BUSINESSES IN BIG
APPLE OWNERS CONCERNED OVER
RISING CRIME A DISTRICT
ATTORNEY SOFT ON PROSECUTION,
JUST GETTING TO WORK IS A
PROBLEM FOR MANY COMMUTERS
FARE TAKING SUBAWAY AFTER RUSH
OF SHOVING ON TO TRACKS
VACCINE MANDATESKEEPING
KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY FROM
DINING OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
CAUSING THEM TO LEAVE JOBS
JOINING ME NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANT OWNER FATHER OF
RESTAURANT OWNER FATHER OF
LADY GAGA AMONG MOST FAMOUS
TITLE GERMANOTTA TRAVEL
AGENCIES TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO
VISIT NEW YORK BECAUSE OF
CRIME CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT
THAT I WANT YOUR TAKE ON FRONT
LINES OF THE RESTAURANT
BUSINESS IN NEW YORK.
>> BONJOURNO.
>> I AM GETTING EMAILS FROM
REGULAR CLIENTS COME FROM OUT
OF TOWN, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY
COME IF QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND
WHEN SCHEDULING TRAVEL GETTING
MESSAGES BACK SAYING DON’T
COME, DON’T GO TO NEW YORK IT
IS TOO DANGEROUS THERE RIGHT
NOW.
AND, THAT HURTS OUR BUSINESS
WE DO QUITE A BIT TOUGHEST
BUSINESS I NOTICED SIGNIFICANT
DROP-OFF IN THE INTERNATIONAL
CLIENT BASE THAT WE HAVE.
, WE GET A LOT OF TOURISTS,
THEY COME TO THE RESTAURANT,
AND THEY YOU KNOW ENJOY A MEAL
WITH US, THEY SAY THEY LOVE
AMBIENCE, BUT YOU KNOW REALLY
TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE START
YOU KNOW POLISHING BIG APPLE
AGAIN ARE THE ALL RIGHT?
BECAUSE CITY LOOKS A MESS
DOES, CREATE CRIME -- AND GO
AHEAD.
>> SO JOE IS IT LARGELY CRIME
IS IT THANK YOU VACCINE
MANDATE?
LOOK, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
EXTERIOR OF YOUR RESTAURANT,
YOUR WONDERFUL WIFE WHAT ARE
YOU SEEING IN TERMS OF
WORKFORCE ARE PEOPLE QUITTING
BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO BE
FORCED TO TAKE A VACCINE OR
CRIME BIGGER ISSUE FOR YOU?
>> IT IS A CRIME AND MESSAGING
ALL MY EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW,
HAVE BEEN VACCINATED IT WASN’T
MANNERED IT WAS ELECTIVE ON
THEIR PART WE DO WEEKLY
TESTING HOME KITS AVAILABLE
FOR EMPLOYEES TEST EVERYBODY
ONCE A WEEK THE MESSAGING, ALL
RIGHT?
EVERY TIME TURN ON MEDIA
TALKING ABOUT YOU ARE GOING TO
CATCH OMICRON, AND THERE IS
NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
YOUR VACCINATED NOT
VACCINATED.
BUT YES, THE VACCINES ARE
GOING TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF
NOT AS SEVERE, BUT LET’S FACE
IT I MEAN SOME CLIENTS, CLIENT
BASE WE HAVE OLDER, AND THEY
VERY RELUCTANT TO GO OUT, YOU
KNOW THEN JUST EP REINS FORCED
WITH MANDATES HAVE TO ASK FOR
CARDS, ID, SILLY, OKAY BECAUSE
THOSE VACCINE CARDS COULD BE
FALSE, THEY COULD BUY THEM ON
STREET DON’T MATCH UP, STILL
LINE ITEMS BY YOURSELVES,
REALLY -- SILLY UNBELIEVABLE
SITUATION DOESN’T MAKE SENSE.
MARIA: GREAT POINT ON VACCINE
CARD THE BIGGER POINT IS THIS
MEANT D.A. WANTS TO BE SOFT ON
CRIME, IMPACTING EVERYBODY
FROM RESTAURANT OWNERS TO
REGULAR FOLKS, LOOK.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR
FABULOUS DAUGHTER STEPHANIE
GERMANOTTA WE ALL KNOW AS LADY
GAGA, OSCAR BUZZ NOW OVER HER
SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE IN
HOUSE OF GUCCI, "A STAR IS
BORN," WAS OVER THE TERRIFIC
WHAT CONDITION YOU TELL US
ABOUT LADY GAGA.
>> SHE IS DOING GREAT I MEAN
ENJOYING HER TIME OFF, AND WE
JUST HAD HER HERE FOR
CHRISTMAS, ENTIRE, 10 DAYS,
ENTIRE TWO WEEKS, AND YOU KNOW
WE’RE VERY FAMILY ORIENTED,
AND I AM EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE
OF HER CAREER, AS YOU MIGHT
IMAGINE, AND THE HOUSE OF
GUCCI MOTIVE IS SPECTACULAR
WHEN I SAW IT I DIDN’T
RECOGNIZE MY DAUGHTER.
MARIA: YES, IT IS TRUE SHE
DID A GREAT JOB, I MEAN IT WAS
HARD TO -- THAT WAS SO
FANTASTIC, DO YOU THINK SHE
LIKES SINGING OR ACTING
BETTER?
>> YOU KNOW I THINK IT IS A
TOSS-UP I THINK SINGING IS
HEARTER ON HER PHYSICALLY
ACTING UP AT 4:00, 5:00 IN
THE MORNING YOU ARE IN VAN ALL
DAY, AS -- AND JUST GETTING
READY WAITING FOR YOUR SCENE I
THINK EQUALLY, WE ARE ALL,
MONSTERS LITTLE MORNS BIG FANS
OF LADY GAGA GREAT TO SEE YOU