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Potential amendment for year-round outdoor dining program
1:53:29
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Council Member Julie Menin inquires about DOT's openness to amending the Dining Out NYC program to allow for year-round operation instead of seasonal. She expresses her personal objection to the seasonal nature of the current program.
- Menin highlights the burden on restaurants to buy, store, and reassemble equipment seasonally
- She asks if DOT would be open to an amendment for a year-round program
- DOT expresses willingness to engage in discussions about a potential year-round program
Julie Menin
1:53:29
Yes.
1:53:30
That would be great.
1:53:31
The seasonal nature of the program, which we know the council had that requirement, I personally objected to that.
1:53:36
I think there should be a year round program.
1:53:38
Is DOT open to an amendment where it would be a year round program so that we're not putting, again, the burden on restaurants to buy all this equipment, store the equipment, then reassemble the equipment?
Margaret Forgione
1:53:51
Yeah.
1:53:52
We'd be happy to engage in discussions about that.
Julie Menin
1:53:54
Okay.
1:53:54
I have a number of more questions, but I wanna be respectful of my colleagues.
1:53:58
So let me turn it over to chair Brooks Powers.