Restaurant Owner: “They're making it harder on us, and we're doing things right”

Brandon Carr has spent the past 24 hours redesigning his restaurant The Quarter in Buffalo to meet the new COVID-19 state guidelines.

RIGHT NOW - WE HAVETEAM COVERAGE --TRACKING THISGROWING CRISIS.ALI TOUHEY ISFOLLOWINGCONCERNS ABOUTMANDATORY TESTINGAT SCHOOLS.... ANDHOW DISTRICTS WILLHANDLE IT.... BUT WEBEGIN AT SIX WITHOLIVIA PROIA...SHOWING US THECHANGES BEING MADEAT RESTAURANTS...AND A BOLD NEWPROPOSAL.BRANDON CARR HASSPENT THE PAST 24HOURS REDESIGNINGHIS RESTAURANT THEQUARTER IN BUFFALO.BRANDON: EVERYSINGLE TIME THEYIMPOSE A NEWREGULATION ORGUIDELINE, IT'S ACOMPLETE CHANGEOF YOUR ENTIREMODEL.ON MONDAY,GOVERNOR ANDREWCUOMO DECLAREDPARTS OF WESTERNNEW YORK TO BE A"YELLOW ZONE." THISMEANS NEWRESTRICTIONS ONRESTAURANTS.NOW, ONLY FOURPEOPLE CAN SIT AT ATABLE.DANIEL: A BUDDY OFMINE WHO WENT OUTYESTERDAY WITH HISFAMILY WHO HAS FIVE.THEY SEPARATEDTHEM THREE AND TWOAND THEY KEPT SIXFEET BETWEEN THEM.I JUST DON'TUNDERSTAND IT.RESTAURANTS MUSTALSO CLOSE ATMIDNIGHT... CARRSAYS HE DOES 30PERCENT OF HISBUSINESS AFTER 12...AND HE OPERATES ATJUST A 4.5% MARGIN...SO HE'S GOING TOTAKE A HIT.BRANDON: ALL THOSETHINGS CONTRIBUTETO THINGS THAT CANBE MAJOR LOSSESFOR US AND TAKE AVERY BIG HIT.

THATCAN LEAD TO THECLOSING OF THISBUSINESS.DANIEL: WHY ARE WECLOSING BARS ATMIDNIGHT?

HOW DOESA TIME LIMIT AFFECTTHE VIRUS?STAND UP: NOWBUFFALO COMMONCOUNCIL MEMBERCHRIS SCANLON ISPROPOSING INSTEADOF THE DEPARTMENTOF HEALTH FININGRESTAURANTS FORPATRONS NOTWEARING MASKS,THEY FINE THEINDIVIDUALSTHEMSELVES.BRANDON: IT'S NEARIMPOSSIBLE TOCONTROL EVERYSINGLE PERSONEVERY SINGLEMINUTE.

THEY STANDUP REAL QUICK.COULD THAT BE A FINEAGAINST US?

NO.

THATSHOULD BE ON THEINDIVIDUAL.

IT'S BEENLONG ENOUGH THATEVERYONE KNOWSTHE RULES.CARR SAYS THISCOULD HELPBUSINESSES DEALINGWITH RESTRICTIONS.BRANDON: THEY'REMAKING IT HARDER ONUS, AND WE'RE DOINGTHINGS RIGHT.IN BUFFALO, OP,