Some underground parties even “offer fake COVID tests for $50 or $60”
Photo: Yagi Studio/Getty Images In the weeks since all of the country has begun reopening in some form or another, much of it has succumbed to a dramatic resurgence of the coronavirus. Just this Tuesday, for instance, Los Angeles County public-health officials reported the highest single-day count of COVID cases and hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic.
And yet Gothamist reported this week that a clandestine nightclub scene, much of which doesn’t appear to take proper precautions, has emerged in the city of late. According to the outlet, “Underground parties have been taking place every weekend in the city, spread via WhatsApp chat groups and text chains with promoters asking people not to publicize the illicit event.”
Gothamist reviewed photo and video evidence of events that allegedly happened or are planned at a range of venues including Common Ground, the Williamsburg Hotel, and Her Name Was Carmen. Some events appear to be at least partially outside, yet several videos of these alleged recent parties don’t look to be enforcing social-distancing or mask requirements. Guidance for an event at the Williamsburg Hotel encouraged partygoers to stay six feet apart but did not note whether masks were required.
Osvaldo “O.J.” Jimenez, who’s been active in the city’s nightlife scene and runs the HiLoveNewYork Instagram account that’s been gathering videos from some recent parties , told Gothamist he thinks venues hosting stage-three ragers “cater to out-of-towners” because “all the promoters an owners I know are taking COVID serious.” Jimenez claimed that some underground parties “offer fake COVID tests for $50 or $60.
NYC guidelines still advise people to wear masks when “out in public” and to keep at least six feet of distance. They also forbid gatherings of more than 25 people. Yet a promoter for an event at a lounge near Bryant Park that was letting up to 90 people in sent a message that read in part, “Don’t share this information on SOCIAL MEDIA! This is a private space and we are interested in no drama policy. PLEASE SHARE IT IN PRIVATE MSGS.
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