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NYC tailor defies state order: ‘I’m opening my doors come hell or high water’
nypost.com ^ | 4/26/20 | Doree Lewak

Posted on 04/29/2020 3:41:41 PM PDT by cotton1706

One defiant NYC business owner — who’s been deemed “non-essential” during the pandemic — has a message to New York: “I’m opening my doors come hell or high water.”

Eliot Rabin, whose Upper East Side boutique, Peter Elliot, is known for high-end men’s and boys apparel, refuses to follow a state order closing retail business not considered essential. He insists that his $85 pocket squares and $15,000 suits are part of the fabric of New York City: “Why is a liquor store essential and I’m not?” Rabin told The Post.

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1 posted on 04/29/2020 3:41:41 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

They will arrest him. The charge? Trying to earn a living.


2 posted on 04/29/2020 4:20:08 PM PDT by wiseprince
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