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A new bill filed in the New York State Assembly aims to force some Chick-fil-A locations to operate seven days a week, endangering the fast food chain's longstanding policy of to keep their restaurants closed on Sundays.
Legislation proposed last week would require all food vendors operating at New York State Thruway Authority rest stops to open daily, citing Chick-fil-A as the reason for the move.
Chick-Fil-A logo and sign above a restaurant in Manhattan, New York. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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“While there is nothing wrong with a fast food restaurant closing on a specific day of the week, traveler service areas are an inappropriate location for such a restaurant,” the bill’s explanatory note states. “Public service areas should use their space to provide maximum benefit to the public. Allowing retail spaces to remain unused for a seventh of the week or more is a disservice and unnecessary inconvenience to travelers who rely on these service areas.”
Since opening in 1946, Chick-fil-A has closed its stores on Sundays. The company now has over 3,000 locations in the USA. The company currently operates seven restaurants owned by the New York Thruway Authority, and the proposed legislation would impact all future contracts.
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Chick-fil-A did not immediately respond to FOX Business' request for comment.