Guest List Size in Upstate ny

Mine said its 50 people. From my understanding, its not yet legal to do the 50% capacity thing in NY yet. That will come after phase 4. Mine “offered” us to do a 100 person wedding and call it something other than a wedding so we dont get in trouble. Sketchy at best

I just saw another NY bride posting about this as well: ny Bride canceled venue. I'm definitely personally unclear on who determines whether the space falls under restaurant & bar guidelines or the indoor / outdoor gathering guidelines!

My venue is on a committee working with local governments on this. there are some venues trying to operate as restaurants and find a loophole and do 50% capacity but the gathering size is 50 for any event in ny unless cuomo increases

My understanding is that it's either 50 people or 50% capacity, whichever is less in Phase 4 areas. So if the venue's capacity is 60, then you could only do 30 people because that's less than 50. But this does not include servers, staff, etc. - just guests.

We actually just spoke to the wedding coordinator where we are blocking hotel rooms because they were setting up for a wedding and I was curious to know and she said there said right now they are going by New York states rule of only 50 people😣

I'm getting married in Rochester on 9/19/20. We've heard from our venue that we need to plan on 50 people (including vendors). After slowly paring down our guest list many times, my fiancé and I landed on a small wedding of just our family, 2 maids of honor, and 2 best men. We are relieved because we heard last week from our coordinator that not even dancing is allowed. I know that this is the safest thing, but it certainly doesn't mean it's not disappointing!

My venue in Port Jefferson, NY is claiming that they can call themselves a restaurant and so can operate at 50% capacity. I wrote to the governor's office to get additional guidance on this. On July 20, 2020, I received an email back that advised that weddings are nonessential social gatherings and thus are limited to a maximum of 50 people or 50% capacity whichever is lower.