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The smokersThe driving concert in the Hamptons seemed dangerous, COVID, but sources connected to the charity event say don’t believe your eyes … and insist that coronavirus guidelines were in place.
These sources tell TMZ … that the videos circulating about Saturday night’s concert are misleading and do not show how the area in front of the stage was fenced off and only allowed 10 people per section.
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Mind you, NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo saw the videos of the weekend showand he was livid. He called the concert for “egregious violations of social estrangement,” and the New York State Department of Health launched an investigation.
However, sources connected to the concert say that the section just in front of the stage was for family, friends, and people who worked on the event, and that they did not have car spaces to watch the show.
Obviously, they still have to maintain social distance, but we are told that the general public was NOT allowed to rush the stage and fill that area.
On top of that, our sources say that the organizers of Southampton even obtained all the appropriate city permits for a public gathering and adhered to all COVID-19 regulations … including door temperature controls, providing masks and security. Monitor the physical distance between the various parties in the drive-in crowd.
They also tell us that the reports about the concert closing for not following public health rules are false. Our sources say the permit only allowed the event to run until 10:30 p.m. … so it ended at 10:25 p.m.
As we report … health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker He says he is “at a loss as to how the city of Southampton could have issued a permit for such an event, how they believed it was legal and not an obvious threat to public health.”
