...Spoke too soon! First the city moved to shutdown M2 UltraLounge for being a "smokeasy," then it went through with it, then it made an arrangement to re-open it—and now it's shut down again. The NYPD showed up at midnight last night, just before their NFL draft party got underway (hosted by Deion Sanders!), and ejected 300 or so people inside. A thousand people lingered outside hoping for a miracle...to no avail. This time, it was shut down allegedly because of lax security. So much for "good faith agreement."
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