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Councilmember: Open Restaurants has no negative environmental impacts
In March 2022, on a tour of Greenwich Village's "Shed City," then-Community Board 2 Chairperson Jeannine Kiely showed Councilmember Marjorie Velazquez a viral video of rats cavorting in Tacombi tacos' enclosed bubble shed at Cornelia and Bleecker Streets. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Councilmember: Open Restaurants has no negative environmental impacts

August 2, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The city is sticking to its position that Open Restaurants has no adverse environmental impacts, and that an adequate environmental review…

Opinion: Dining in the gutter — is it really here to stay?
A man hobbling on a cane negotiated the cramped MacDougal Street sidewalk outside Mamoun's Falafel and Caffe Reggio, where outdoor dining has squeezed in additional seating along the curb. New York City rules require 8 feet of pedestrian clearance on heavily traveled sidewalks and 5 feet on less busy sidewalks. (Courtesy Leslie Clark)

Opinion: Dining in the gutter — is it really here to stay?

July 31, 2023

BY LESLIE CLARK | The unsightly, unsanitary tangle of street sheds called “Outdoor Dining” may be here to stay if Mayor Adams has his way.…

Source: Permanent Open Restaurants bill due by end of next month; One-year or longer phase-out eyed for contentious ‘streetery’ sheds
A restaurant shed on First Avenue in the East Village. The cyclist is riding the wrong direction in the bike lane. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Source: Permanent Open Restaurants bill due by end of next month; One-year or longer phase-out eyed for contentious ‘streetery’ sheds

October 13, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated, Oct. 14, 7:20 p.m.: The shed could be hitting the fan again — soon. The Village Sun has learned that…

Court nixes prior ruling against Open Restaurants, but dining-shed foes vow, ‘It’s not over!’
In March, during a tour of the Village's restaurant sheds with Councilmembers Marjorie Velázquez, Christopher Marte and Erik Bottcher, one of the bulky — and illegally fully enclosed — structures, on Thompson Street outside Cuba restaurant, was pointed out to the politicians. (File photo by The Village Sun)

Court nixes prior ruling against Open Restaurants, but dining-shed foes vow, ‘It’s not over!’

October 5, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 5, 12 p.m.: Just as in comedy, when it comes to community lawsuits, timing is everything. An Appellate court…

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