I sort of understand the reasoning here. It sounds like these are restaurants leasing space at rest stops and train stations. The state has an interest in making sure that the restaurants they contract with are open 7 days a week.
It's really no different than shopping malls forcing anyone with a store there to match the mall's hours- they have an interest in every store being open the whole workday to attract shoppers.
What I don't understand is why this would need to be a law. Concessionaires sign contracts for their space, and this sort of thing is more appropriate as a contract term. If New York wanted them to be open on Sunday they should have put it in the contract and Chick-fil-A would have just been ineligible to participate if they won't open on Sundays.
I wonder if this is an attempt to break the contract with Chick-fil-A without paying a penalty, as contracts are automatically voided if they violate the law. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this was a case of the NY Thruway Authority colluding with the legislature to get out of paying Chick-fil-A for breaking the contract.
If you take a road trip, and get on a turnpike you have to pay to get on, and off. Truck stops are on the paid for road. Chic fil A had no business putting locations in this situation. Even if we consider truck stops off of highways, truck stops are designed to keep the traffic on the highway.
I sort of understand the reasoning here. It sounds like these are restaurants leasing space at rest stops and train stations. The state has an interest in making sure that the restaurants they contract with are open 7 days a week.
It's really no different than shopping malls forcing anyone with a store there to match the mall's hours- they have an interest in every store being open the whole workday to attract shoppers.
What I don't understand is why this would need to be a law. Concessionaires sign contracts for their space, and this sort of thing is more appropriate as a contract term. If New York wanted them to be open on Sunday they should have put it in the contract and Chick-fil-A would have just been ineligible to participate if they won't open on Sundays.
I wonder if this is an attempt to break the contract with Chick-fil-A without paying a penalty, as contracts are automatically voided if they violate the law. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this was a case of the NY Thruway Authority colluding with the legislature to get out of paying Chick-fil-A for breaking the contract.
If you take a road trip, and get on a turnpike you have to pay to get on, and off. Truck stops are on the paid for road. Chic fil A had no business putting locations in this situation. Even if we consider truck stops off of highways, truck stops are designed to keep the traffic on the highway.