At the risk of defending Cuomo, two things:
1. You can show all of the pictures of big protests you want, but the number of people in New York (or insert other state here) who are in restaurants and bars in a given day is far greater than the number of people in the biggest protest they've had. It's simple math that gets overwhelmed by sensationalism.
2. Who can/should be held accountable for the protests? Who can you call on to stop them? You can try to shut down mass protests by force if you like, but you risk even greater violence and uprising. You can't close a protest like you can close a bar.
The protests are certainly a public health risk right now, but they're smaller and less manageable risks than public businesses. Sad but true.