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    Community Boards Share Many Concerns Over Permanent Open Restaurant Program

    Community Boards  •  Open Restaurants  •  Citywide

    Roadway cafe in Brooklyn. Image Credit: NYC DOT.

    Community boards in support and against the application had concerns about quality of life issues and community board involvement in future reviews. Last year’s Open Restaurants program was established to allow restaurants to operate sidewalk or roadway cafes without the extensive approval process to provide safe outdoor dining options during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the program was enabled through an emergency executive order that temporarily suspended the sidewalk café application process, a permanent program would require changes to laws and agency rules. The first step is a proposed zoning text amendment to get rid of the geographical restrictions of where sidewalk and roadway cafes can be located. While zoning text amendments do not need to go through the full ULURP process, it is customary for the Department of City Planning to seek the feedback of community boards for these applications. (more…)

    Tags : Community Boards, Department of City Planning, Department of Transportation, Open Restaurants, Open Restaurants Plan
    Date: 10/22/2021
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    Permanent Open Restaurant Program Proposal Continues Through Public Review Process

    Department Of Transportation  •  Open Restaurants  •  Citywide

    Roadway dining in Bay Ridge. Image Credit: NYC DOT

    Over 11,000 restaurants are currently participating in the Open Restaurant Program. Earlier this year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced four citywide zoning amendment proposals to support small businesses, create more grocery stores and improve accessibility in transit. One of the proposals, the permanent open restaurant zoning text amendment, seeks to establish a permanent open restaurant program by removing the geographic restrictions on where sidewalk cafes can be located. (more…)

    Date: 09/02/2021
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    New City Program to Assist Restaurants in Accessing Federal Grants

    Mayor  •  COVID-19 Recovery  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: NYC SBS

    The Fair Share NYC: Restaurants Program helps to provide funds to restaurants that were hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic by connecting them to federal grants. On April 28, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Small Business Services announced the launch of Fair Share NYC: Restaurants. This new program will help connect restaurants to federal relief funds. (more…)

    Date: 05/06/2021
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    New York Law School Hosts Open Community Meeting on the Future of Tribeca Following the Pandemic

    Events  •  COVID-19 Recovery  •  Webinar

    Panelists discuss options on how to organize and plan for Tribeca’s future post pandemic. Image credit: CityLand

    Panel welcomed small business owners, residents, and other interested parties for a discussion regarding Tribeca and the neighborhood’s ongoing economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.  On March 4th, New York Law School’s Dean Anthony Crowell published an open letter in the Tribeca Citizen that discussed the economic impact of the pandemic on the Tribeca community and NYLS’s commitment to helping the neighborhood navigate its recovery following Covid-19. Dean Crowell wrote: (more…)

    Tags : Community Boards, COVID-19, COVID-19 Recovery, New York Law School, small businesses, Tribeca
    Date: 04/01/2021
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    Mayor Announces Guidelines for Upcoming Open Culture Program

    Mayor  •  Open Culture Program  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio. Image credit: CityLand

    The newly announced program and its guidelines will allow artists and performers of all kinds to return to work safely. On February 8, 2021, Mayor de Blasio released guidelines for the upcoming Open Culture Program. The program will open up city streets for outdoor cultural performances and events throughout the five boroughs. The new program is modeled after a prior successful initiative lead by the city, the Open Streets Program. For CityLand’s prior coverage about the Open Culture Program, click here. (more…)

    Tags : arts and culture, COVID-19, Open Culture Program
    Date: 02/15/2021
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