NY Mayor calls for ChikFilA boycott

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While I think declarations of boycotts are silly and dont serve much purpose, NY City Mayor is calling on NYC residents to avoid CFA after they announced a new store in Queens.

This has about as much merit as the loud Christians who want to boycott Disney. In fact this mayor sounds more hateful about CFA than most people are about HRO's.

Per Grub Street:

  http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/05/de-blasio-says-avoid-chick-fil-a.html

Mayor de Blasio Urges New Yorkers to Avoid Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A's New York invasion has finally gotten real enough to trouble the mayor. The chain's third New York City location will land at Queens Center Mall this fall, and Chick-fil-A's growing footprint is starting to frighten city officials in general, and Bill de Blasio in particular. Not because the first stand-alone location was closed over health concerns, or because Chick-fil-A's sandwiches aren't nearly as good as some of NYC's excellent roster of homegrown chicken sandwiches, but because the mayor still takes issue with the owners' history of anti-LGBT policies. Per DNAinfo, he told reporters Tuesday, "What the ownership of Chick-fil-A has said is wrong," adding, "I'm certainly not going to patronize them and I wouldn't urge any other New Yorker to patronize them. But they do have a legal right."

The Queens location is still months from opening, but Councilman Danny Dromm, who's gay, says it's nevertheless time to boycott. Dromm held a completely unrelated press event of his own yesterday criticizing Chick-fil-A for "forcing their employees and volunteers to adhere to a policy that prohibits same-sex love," and for funding anti-LGBT organizations. "It is outrageous that Chick-fil-A is quietly spreading its message of hate by funding these types of organizations," he said.

A Chick-fil-A rep simply reiterated that the chain's new culture is "to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender."

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People are seriously waiting 1 hour for a chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-A in NYC

New York City's first standalone Chick-fil-A restaurant opened Saturday, and there's since been a never-ending line to get a chicken sandwich.

The restaurant had its grand opening Saturday at 37th Street and Sixth Avenue. At 5,000 square feet, it's the largest Chick-fil-A restaurant in America.

Since then, the line has pretty much been out the door and around the corner -- even stretching at least half the block at some points. Several people said the line was at a one-hour wait for lunch on Monday.

http://abc7ny.com/food/people-are-seriously-waiting-1-hour-for-a-chicken-sandwich-in-nyc/1019483/

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I miss Chick-Fil-A....need one here in Alaska!