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Explanation of conditional approvals and restaurant certainty

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DOT officials explain the process of conditional approvals and how it provides certainty for restaurants in the outdoor dining program. Margaret Forgione details the breakdown of applications and the review process.

2,603 out of 3,411 eligible applications are able to operate
DOT has thoroughly reviewed roadway applications to ensure correctness before setup
1,800 sidewalk setups are operating while the process continues
DOT aims to prevent situations where restaurants set up incorrectly and need to make changes later

Julie Menin

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and Additional approval.

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So does that give restaurants a certainty that they need?

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They're outlaying a lot of expenses on this.

Margaret Forgione

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Good.

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So let me explain that a little bit, and maybe I'll run through some of the numbers, Cher, if that's good, and then I'll get your question.

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So we've had 3,922 total applications, and that is from about 3,200 different food service establishments.

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Of those applications, seven seventy four are roadway, seventeen fifty four are sidewalk, and six ninety seven are both.

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Of that group of applications, we have five eleven that were either withdrawn by the applicant or were denied because they were in a bus stop or they were at a hydrant or something of that nature.

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So that leaves us with about 3,411.

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Of that 3,411, two thousand six hundred and three are able to operate either because they've gone through the process or if they're sidewalk, they applied before August 3, or if their roadway, they've gone through so much of the process that we know their application is correct and they've already had a public hearing.

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So to answer your question, the people that have been able to set up now Roadway in particular, we have completely reviewed every aspect of their application, and they're all correct.

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So they won't be in the situation where they've set something up, and then upon the final license, we're gonna say, oh, what you put out there is incorrect.

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That that will not happen.

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They know exactly what they need to put out.

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In the meantime, we have, the 1,800 sidewalk setups also operating, and we've been very clear with all of them that they should do so and that we'll keep working through the process in the meantime.

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