Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe entertainment industry has turned its focus on Albany, N.Y., over the last week, as it escalates the pressure on Gov.
Andrew Cuomo to allow movie theaters to reopen.Inside the Capitol, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy has also been rallying support for the industry.
On Sept. 3, she wrote a letter to Cuomo arguing that theaters could reopen safely. Since then, she has not heard anything, and she is not optimistic about a reopening any time soon.“It’s been quiet, which is discouraging,” Fahy tells Variety. “We have done everything in our power to try to push this case.”The National Association of Theatre Owners has lobbyists in Albany who are also pleading with the governor’s office.
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