Workers, City Coffers Will Lose Out if Council Ditches Year-Round Street Dining, Experts Say
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Yet the Council has not analyzed the economic harm that its bill could cause to one of New York's signature industries.
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Council to DSNY Commish: Move Faster on Rogue Carting Biz
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The city’s long-awaited overhaul of the rogue private carting industry won’t happen until late 2024 at the earliest — five years after the reforms became law.
DOT to Council: Don’t Ask Us To Do More After We Failed to What You Mandated Us To Do Last Year
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The Department of Transportation rejected an entire slate of City Council bills on the grounds that the proposed legislation doesn't help the agency do better this year on its safety goals.
From the Assignment Desk: Open Plans Helps Get You Ready for Tuesday’s Council ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing
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Tuesday's first Council hearing on Vision Zero under a new mayor may show the direction into which the Council wants to head. As such, we're previewing the hearing by allowing our colleagues at Open Plans to offer the group's ask.
Council ‘Almost There’ on Permanent Open Restaurants: Speaker Adams
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The head of the restive Council said lawmakers are struggling to account for the needs of restaurant owners as well as the differing needs of the many diverse neighborhoods of the city, Adams said at a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce breakfast.
MTA Boss: City Must Meet Its ‘Commitment’ to Bus Lanes This Year
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A promise made has to be a promise kept.