Assemblyman Harry Bronson urged the Thruway Authority to “re-examine” its selection of concessions, which currently includes Chick-fil-A.
Truett Cathy, founded the $8.4 billion company in 1946 - has publicly disparaged LGBTQ rights, which some legislators say should disqualify the privately owned company from opening eateries at state-run highway rest stops.Īssemblyman Harry Bronson, a Rochester-area Democrat, sent a letter to Thruway Authority Executive Director Matthew Driscoll asking him to “re-examine the list of approved concessions” for the rest stops because of Chick-fil-A’s past support of anti-LGBTQ groups, according to the Auburn Citizen. The Atlanta-based fast-food chain is among a handful of restaurants that were awarded contracts by the New York State Thruway Authority to be part of a $450 million plan to renovate 27 service areas.īut Chick-fil-A’s chief executive, Dan Cathy - whose father, S.
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