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Flouting New York state restrictions, 91 people gathered on the North
Fork Country Club’s neatly manicured lawns and elegant white rooms lined
with floor-to-ceiling windows to celebrate a wedding on Oct. 17.

Within two weeks, 30 guests had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Suffolk County health officials said an additional 159 people who had
potentially been exposed to the virus by wedding attendees had been
forced to self-quarantine to prevent further spread of the virus.

“One-third of all of those in attendance,” Suffolk County Executive
Steve Bellone said in a news conference Wednesday. “Think about that for
a second.”

County officials recommended a fine of $17,000 against the club for
violating a county sanitary code as well as a statewide mandate
restricting gatherings to no more than 50 people, and the State Liquor
Authority told the New York Times it was investigating the incident. The
country club did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A Long Island birthday party that same day limited its guest list to 50
names but has still led to another 26 coronavirus cases in the last two
weeks, Bellone said. An additional 132 people have been asked to
quarantine after possible exposure, Bellone said.

Those gatherings were not the only large events to spread the
coronavirus across Long Island in recent weeks. Dozens of new cases have
been tied to a string of parties in Suffolk County, and hundreds of
residents have been forced to quarantine after possible exposure to the
virus.