Reopen NYC: Bodega owners in Bronx facing backlash enforcing city's mask rule

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Monday, August 31, 2020
Bodega owners say they face backlash enforcing city's mask rule
Bodega owners say they face backlash enforcing city's mask ruleFernando Mateo showed video of one incident in the Bronx.

BRONX (WABC) -- Bodega owners are complaining that they're stuck between a rock and a hard place because of the city's mask rules.

They are showing surveillance video from one bodega in the Bronx as evidence.

A woman is accused of destroying $7,000 worth of merchandise with a butcher's knife after an employee asked her to put on a mask.

"People walk into bodegas, and they're told 'You must wear a mask,' or the clerks get spit at, get cursed at," said Fernando Mateo, United Bodegas of America.

The woman was arrested, but was reportedly released just a few hours later.

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