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Establishment of the permanent outdoor dining program
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Council Member Menin outlines the establishment of the permanent outdoor dining program through Local Law 121 of 2023. The program grants licenses and revocable consents for sidewalk and roadway cafes across New York City.
- The legislation built upon lessons from the temporary open restaurants program and improved the old sidewalk cafe law.
- By the end of the temporary program, 13,144 businesses were participating in outdoor dining.
- The new law aimed to streamline the transition process for restaurants from the temporary to the permanent program.
Julie Menin
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So in August 2023, the council passed local law one twenty one, which established a permanent outdoor dining program by granting licenses and revocable consents to restaurants to operate sidewalk and roadway cafes across all five boroughs of New York City.
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This legislation learned the lessons of the city's temporary open restaurants program, improved upon the city's old sidewalk cafe law, and expanded the use of sidewalks and roadways to restaurants.
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By the end of the city's temporary open restaurants programs, there were 13,144 businesses participating in outdoor dining.
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The council considered the investments made by participants of the temporary open restaurants program by streamlining the process for restaurants to transition from the temporary program to the permanent outdoor dining program.