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Outdoor dining guidelines still unclear for restaurant owners
New York State issued updated guidelines for outdoor dining earlier this month, but restaurant owners are continuing to call out the state to clarify the confusing rules, Gothamist reports.
The city’s guidelines previously stated that restaurants had to keep 50 percent of their outdoor space open to meet the requirements. Yet, the most recent update from the state outlines that restaurants were required to keep at least two sides of the outdoor structure open. Per the state’s definition, this means windows or cutouts on enclosed sides don’t actually count as adequate airflow measures for outdoor dining. Plastic bubbles, and sectioned-off enclosed spaces that have been appearing throughout the city, however, are allowed per state rules, as long as they accommodate just one dining party at a time.
CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) After two months raising funds for the Light Up Chinatown initiative, community partners on Wednesday announced the successful completion of having lights and lanterns up on Mott Street in time for the holidays.
The historic project brought together intergenerational group of business and civic leaders, talented artists, dedicated advocates and activists to safeguard Chinatown s recovery from the pandemic.
It also included a significant contribution from award-winning actor and musician Will Smith.
The Light Up Chinatown initiative was the brainchild of Patrick Mock, community advocate and manager of 46 Mott Street Bakery. We need confidence out here and this is a confidence boost for the neighborhood, Mock said. So this is like my light up Chinatown project.
Will Smith helps Light Up Chinatown complete Phase 1 of streetlight initiative UP NEXT
After two months raising funds for the Light Up Chinatown initiative, community partners on Wednesday announced the successful completion of having lights and lanterns up on Mott Street in time for the holidays.
The historic project brought together intergenerational group of business and civic leaders, talented artists, dedicated advocates and activists to safeguard Chinatown s recovery from the pandemic.
It also included a significant contribution from award-winning actor and musician Will Smith.
The Light Up Chinatown initiative was the brainchild of Patrick Mock, community advocate and manager of 46 Mott Street Bakery.
How Neighbors Are Coming Together to Buy Local for the Holidays
“I’m not buying anything from freaking Jeff Bezos,” says a member of a Red Hook business group.
Red Hook Pilates became a vintage shop for a holiday market in Brooklyn recently.Credit.Brittainy Newman for The New York Times
By Alyson Krueger
Dec. 11, 2020
Some New Yorkers, in an effort to support entrepreneurs instead of large corporations, are creating hyperlocal shopping experiences this holiday season. Facebook groups, Instagram accounts and neighborhood holiday markets think of them as micro-Etsy projects, organized via social media have cropped up to showcase local talents and businesses.