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Only a small portion of the city’s restaurants have applied for permits to set up dining structures under new regulations.
When the program fully resumes on Tuesday, there will be nearly 80% fewer outdoor dining setups than during the pandemic peak ...
Restaurants across New York City can finally begin serving meals to patrons in their sidewalk and roadway eating spaces on Tuesday. They were once a staple of the pandemic, but those outdoor dining ...
As was predicted, the City Council made a grave error in so weakening the city’s outdoor dining program that hardly any ...
New York restaurants with “conditional approvals” for outdoor dining will be able to get liquor licenses, the city announced Wednesday — ending fears it would be a boozeless al fresco season for most ...
Sidewalk seating is allowed year-round, while roadway, or curbside, dining is allowed only eight months of the year, from ...
"The city has effectively killed, in so many ways, outdoor dining in the roadway, because of the seasonality of it,” New York City Hospitality Alliance executive director Andrew Rigie said.
Legal fees, which also vary but can quickly come to $3,000-$6,000 to hire an attorney for an outdoor dining application, and ...
After the polar vortex made its most dreadful and intense appearance in New York City this past winter, spring is finally in ...
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The state will now accept conditional approvals for liquor licenses issued by the DOT to restaurants participating in the ...
MIDTOWN (WABC) -- With the warmer and sunnier weather, you may be tempted to eat outside and starting today, New York City restaurants with permits can begin building outdoor dining setups.