Businesses race to battle back new coronavirus restrictions as U.S. faces deadly new surgeMovie theaters in New York City are demanding the right to reopen. Cuomo ultimately offered the industry a break and allowed theaters outside of New York City to reopen at 25 percent capacity. The lobbying barrage arrives as epidemiologists continue to sound the alarms about the country's latest, and perhaps deadliest, coronavirus surge since March. Illinois in particular reported more than 15,000 new coronavirus cases on Friday and a seven-day test positivity rate exceeding 14 percent, prompting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the state's governor, imposed a two-week lockdown shuttering shops, gyms and other businesses deemed nonessential.
