NYC POV: Vaccine Mandate Protester Talks Vaccines, Protests and the Cheesecake Factory

Anti-vaccine-mandate protester Joy talked to us about the December 15, 2021 protest at the Cheesecake Factory in Elmhurst, Queens, vaccines, and the anti-mandate protest movement.

About the protest: On December 15, 2021, protesters demonstrated outside the Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Elmhurst, Queens, against a New York City vaccine mandate requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for indoor dining. The protest followed a sit-in demonstration at the Cheesecake Factory the previous evening, where protesters sat down at tables in the restaurant without showing proof of vaccination and asked to be served. According to reports, six of the protesters were arrested for criminal trespass.