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‘Time to bring rationality back’: Attorney says Open Restaurants program needs proper environmental review
Attorney Michael Sussman, center, joined Diem Boyd of the LES Dwellers, to the right of him, and other local plaintiffs at a press conference on their lawsuit to make the city do a proper environmental impact study on the Open Restaurants program. (Courtesy CUEUP)

‘Time to bring rationality back’: Attorney says Open Restaurants program needs proper environmental review

October 22, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Expanding the Open Restaurants program without a proper environmental review is “contrary to law,” the attorney on a lawsuit seeking to…

Residents sue to block Open Restaurants sheds from becoming permanent
Members of the group Coalition United for Equitable Urban Policy NYC, or CUEUP, which opposes making the Open Restaurants program permanent, rallied in July. Some of the group's members are plaintiffs in the new lawsuit against the city over the program. (CUEUP)

Residents sue to block Open Restaurants sheds from becoming permanent

October 20, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 20, 1 p.m.: You had to see this one coming. A group of nearly two dozen concerned residents, most…

Glick, Epstein, Downtown community boards decry ‘rush’ to remove sidewalk cafe regs, make dining sheds permanent
Assemblymembers Harvey Epstein, speaking at microphone, and Deborah Glick, to the left of him, were joined by Council District 1 candidate Christopher Marte, far left, and community board leaders and residents on Wednesday in calling on the City Planning Commission to reject the sweeping citywide zoning text amendment on sidewalk cafes and Open Restaurants. (Harvey Epstein / Twitter)

Glick, Epstein, Downtown community boards decry ‘rush’ to remove sidewalk cafe regs, make dining sheds permanent

October 7, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | They just can’t stomach it. A pair of local asssemblymembers stood with Downtown community board leaders, residents and activists on…

C.B. 2 pans sweeping but half-baked sidewalk cafes and Open Restaurants plan
At a big Community Board 2 public hearing in July on the city's plans for sidewalk cafes and outdoor dining sheds, one speaker noted that agency officials needed look no further than right down the block from the meeting venue where Hudson Clearwater restaurant was seemingly taking up an excessive amount of sidewalk space. (Photo by The Village Sun)

C.B. 2 pans sweeping but half-baked sidewalk cafes and Open Restaurants plan

September 30, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Community Board 2 isn’t taking any shed — at least not without proper public review and input. Its members voted nearly…

C.B. 2 braces for Open Restaurants public-review meeting as locals strategize
Members of CUEUP plan to turn out in force at the Mon., July 19, meeting at C.B. 2 on Open Restaurants. CUEUP is an umbrella group, including many Downtown block associations, opposed to making the program permanent.

C.B. 2 braces for Open Restaurants public-review meeting as locals strategize

July 16, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Will the shed hit the fan again? The Open Restaurants public-review tour is rolling on, and if this past Tuesday’s hearing…

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