02/08/2022
Important Outdoor Dining Hearing
DO YOU WANT TO KEEP OUTDOOR DINING? IF SO, YOU NEED TO TESTIFY ON FEBRUARY 8TH. PLEASE READ BELOW.
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Take-Action--Important-Outdoor-Dining-Hearing.html?soid=1116674519904&aid=UZPAIcqAgds
On Tuesday, February 8th at 10:00am the City Council will hold an important public hearing on two proposals that will determine the future of the outdoor dining in NYC. These polices will allow the city to transition out of the temporary emergency Open Restaurants program, to a permanent version with new guidelines in the future.
Please note, there has grown a large organized opposition group to NYC's outdoor dining, who are complaining about noise, reduced parking and sanitary issues in 'their' neighborhoods. Most of these are isolated cases and blown out of proportion. These groups may have forgotten that they live in an 'urban' environment and why they moved to NYC to begin with. They are failing to grasp the real toll that COVID continues to wreak on the restaurant industry.
If you can attend and lend your voice, please help.