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    Bill Introduced Will Seek Higher Penalties For Businesses That Fail To Clear Sidewalks

    City Council  •  Snow Removal  •  Citywide

    Council Member Justin Brannan. Image Credit: NY City Council.

    While many are still shoveling snow from the fourth nor’easter of the year, a new bill looks to increase penalties on chain business owners who fail to clear sidewalks. On March 7, 2018, Council Member Justin Brannan introduced a bill that will amend the Department of Sanitation section of the administrative code by increase the penalties for chain business owners who fail to properly remove snow, ice, and dirt from sidewalks following a snowfall. Council member Brannan hopes these changes will encourage increased enforcement by property owners with larger stretches of icy sidewalks that pose serious hazards to local residents while preventing smaller independent stores with less square footage and sidewalk space from being penalized unnecessarily. (more…)

    Tags : bill, bill introduction, City Council, Justin Brannan, nor'easter, snow, snow removal
    Date: 03/23/2018
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    Small Food Manufacturers Discussed Common Business Hazards at Community Meeting

    Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce  •  Local Food Manufacturing  •  Brooklyn
    February 26, 2013 meeting of food manufacturers. Image Courtesy: Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.

    February 26, 2013 meeting of food manufacturers. Image Courtesy: Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.

    Work space, affordable insurance, and information access among chief concerns of small Brooklyn food and beverage manufacturers. On February 26, 2013, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and Council Member Stephen Levin hosted an event for local food and beverage manufacturing businesses at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The organizers sought to give Brooklyn entrepreneurs a chance to raise issues related to starting and growing a successful food-based small business. Organizers hoped to take the ideas generated from the event and help make Brooklyn a top food manufacturing industry location. Over 70 attendees participated in the event, which also provided small businesses an opportunity to network and showcase their products. Attendees sat at 10-person tables and were encouraged to talk through the common pitfalls and problems of starting and maintaining a food manufacturing business in Brooklyn, as well as brainstorm solutions. Attendees were instructed to present the highlights of the small group sessions with the rest of the room at the end of the meeting.

    Attendees represented a wide variety of experience and products, such as Salty Road, a salt water taffy maker; The Brooklyn Kitchen, a Williamsburg kitchen supply store and educational facility; Industry City Distillery, a Sunset Park vodka distillery; and the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford-Stuyvesant, an organization focused on the economic and social advancement of the Bed-Stuy community.

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    Tags : Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Council Member Stephen Levin, Food manufacturing
    Date: 03/13/2013
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    Open Storefronts Program Extended Through September 2021

    Mayor  •  COVID-19 Response  •  Citywide

    Diagram of what could be allowed through the Open Storefront Program. Image Credit: Mayor’s Office

    The program provides expanded space for businesses to safely operate during the pandemic. On December 29, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the Open Storefronts Program would be extended through September 30, 2021. The Open Storefronts Program allows storefront businesses to use a portion of the sidewalk to display merchandise, complete transactions, sell goods and provide queuing areas to provide businesses with more space to expand and safely operate throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will also be expanded to allow businesses to sell prepackaged food on sidewalks and allow restaurants to use sidewalks for take-out orders. 

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    Tags : COVID-19, Department of Small Business Services, Open Storefronts program
    Date: 01/12/2021
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    Governor Suspends Indoor Dining, Updates COVID Zones as Hospitalization Rates Continue to Rise

    Governor  •  COVID-19 Response  •  Statewide

    Governor Andrew Cuomo providing details about changes to COVID-19 guidance and restrictions on December 11, 2020. Image Credit: Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo

    Indoor dining will be suspended in New York City while gyms and salons can operate on new guidelines. On December 11, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced changes to COVID restriction guidelines starting Monday, December 14th. Among these changes, indoor dining would be suspended across New York City due to the increase in COVID-19 hospitalization rates. Outdoor dining and takeout/delivery are still permitted. Indoor dining will be allowed to continue at only 25 percent capacity across the rest of the state.  (more…)

    Tags : COVID zones, COVID-19, indoor dining
    Date: 12/14/2020
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    Housing Rights Civic Tech Competition Winners Announced

    Mayor  •  Tenant Protection Rights  •  Inwood and Washington Heights, Manhattan

    Heat Seek, winner of the NYC[x] Co-Labs Housing Rights Challenge, operates by using sensors around the apartment or home to detect the temperature. The sensors and temperature logs help provide proof that a landlord or property owner is not providing legally required heating to tenants. Image Credit: Heat Seek, www.heatseek.org/explore-the-tech

    NYC[x] Co-Labs challenge hopes to address housing rights of NYC’s most vulnerable communities. On November 12, 2020, the New York Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the NYC Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, and the communities of Inwood and Washington Heights announced the winners and the honorable mentions for the NYC[x] Co-Labs Housing Rights Challenge. This challenge invited innovative and tech-enabled solutions to address the housing rights of New York City’s most vulnerable communities. Submissions were solicited from startups, technologists, and innovators from across the globe. To read more about the competition, click here. The winners of the Housing Rights Challenge are Heat Seek and Justfix.nyc with an honorable mention going to 3×3. (more…)

    Tags : Civic Tech Competition, housing rights, tenant protections
    Date: 11/24/2020
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