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Chez Oskar's outdoor dining structures beautify Malcolm X Boulevard in Brooklyn. Photo: Shannon Greer

Council Moves Final Outdoor Dining Bill as Seasonal Program

By Kevin Duggan | May 19, 2023 | No Comments

The City Council will finally move forward with plans for a permanent outdoor dining program that would restrict "streeteries" in the roadway to eight months out of the year while, according to new legislation released on Thursday.

What would have been, the One45 development is now slated to be a truck depot. Source: Department of City Planning

ANALYSIS: Developer Blasts Harlem Pol Over Rejecting Housing, As He Plans Truck Depot Instead

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 19, 2022 | No Comments

A developer wanted to build housing, affordable units and public space, but was turned down by the local Council member, so now he's making housing ... for trucks. Is there a greater symbol of New York's dysfunction?