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- Jurisdiction
- New York City · New York
- Level
- City
- Authority
- N.Y. Executive Law s. 24; N.Y.C. Charter; Administrative Code
- Issued
- 2020-06-18 June 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-18 (immediately; program operative with NYC Phase 2, June 22, 2020) (read as 2020-06-18)
- End
- Extended every five days (EEO 127 s. 3, 128 s. 4 and successors); still in force June 30, 2021 (EEO 214 s. 1(c)) and through Q3 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- June 18, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureOther
- Addressees
- Department of Transportation
- restaurants, bars and other establishments
- DOHMH, State DOH and State Liquor Authority guidance incorporated
- Functions reached
- DR dining room (closed; outdoor substitute compelled)
- BA bar service
- KT kitchen
- Collection
- New York City MET-NYC
Operative words
Section 1. In order to maintain public safety and health while facilitating restaurants' ability to utilize outdoor seating, I hereby direct the Department of Transportation to establish and administer a program to expand seating options for restaurants, bars and other establishments in certain outdoor areas, including the sidewalk, curbside and street space directly in front of such restaurants, bars or establishments... (the 'Open Restaurants Program').
Enforcement
Program conditions administered by DOT subject to DOHMH, NYSDOH and SLA guidance; suspends Admin. Code ss. 10-125, 17-306(c), 19-124, Title 20 ch. 2 subch. 6, 20-465(q)(1), Building Code ss. 3101.1, 3111, 3202.4.1 and RCNY fire-safety provisions to the extent necessary
Notes
Evidences that indoor dining remained closed in the City through Phases 2-4 (June 22 to Sept. 30, 2020) and again Dec. 14, 2020 to Feb. 12, 2021; the City's own recital is that the program exists 'to help establishments rebound in these difficult economic times'.
Retrieval noteAccommodation order; cite for the closure it presupposes and for the compelled change in how dining operated.