Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Outdoor dining

Mayor Adams (and Council Member Marjorie Velázquez obviously love outdoor dining. Photo: Mayor's Office

Tuesday’s Headlines: Oh, Rats Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Oct 25, 2022 | No Comments

We were pleased that Streetsblog was referenced several times in New York Magazine's cover story on outdoor dining. But we were also disappointed that its writer ignored some of the best stuff we told him. Plus other news of the day.

Mayor Adams (with a laughing Council Member Marjorie Velázquez and other council members on February 6, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

Mayor Adams: Keep DOT in Charge of Open Restaurants

By Kevin Duggan | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams is pushing the City Council to keep the Department of Transportation in charge of outdoor dining, rather than move it to the much smaller Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, a move that advocates fear would sabotage the popular al-fresco "streeteries."

If Speaker Adams stands by her Wednesday comments, outdoor dining like this patio on Smith Street could end up on the sidewalk ... or be scrubbed altogether. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Outdoor dining

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