The Chainsmokers held a charity concert in Southampton, New York on Saturday alongside Goldman Sachs executive David M. Solomon (aka DJ D-Sol). It was called Safe & Sound. Video that surfaced from the concert appeared to show attendees flouting social distancing, and now Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a New York Department of Health investigation of the event, The New York Times reports.
“Videos from a concert held in Southampton on Saturday show egregious social distancing violations,” Cuomo wrote. “I am appalled. The Department of Health will conduct an investigation. We have no tolerance for the illegal & reckless endangerment of public health.”
“I am at a loss as to how the Town of Southampton could have issued a permit for such an event, how they believed it was legal and not an obvious public health threat,” Dr. Howard Zucker, New York’s health commissioner, wrote in a letter.
The event’s organizers, In The Know Experiences and Invisible Noise, told the Times in a statement that “all proper and current protocols” were implemented, including temperature checks and the deployment of security “to encourage mask wearing and promote social-distancing guidelines.”
Pitchfork has reached out to the Chainsmokers’ representative for comment.