THREE ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING NYC HOSTESS WHO ASKED FOR COVID-19 VACCINE PROOF

Three women have been arrested and charged for allegedly assaulting a New York City restaurant hostess after she asked the group to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 under the city’s new vaccine mandate for indoor public spaces.

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) told The Hill that in the late afternoon Thursday, officers responded to a 911 call regarding an assault outside Carmine’s Italian restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Police said that the hostess, a 24-year-old-woman whose name has not been released publicly, “reported that she got into a dispute with three unknown females after she requested to see their Covid-19 vaccine card.”

“The individuals struck her multiple times with closed fists,” police added, noting that the hostess “suffered bruises and scratches to her face, chest and arm” and that her necklace broke during the altercation.

Footage obtained by NBC New York and shared on social media appeared to show the women crowded around the  employee outside the restaurant, almost knocking over the hostess stand as staff and bystanders attempted to intervene.