Only a small portion of the city’s restaurants have applied for permits to set up dining structures under new regulations.

As was predicted, the City Council made a grave error in so weakening the city’s outdoor dining program that hardly any ...

As a result, two years later, then-Councilwoman Marjorie Velázquez introduced legislation to create the version of the permanent outdoor dining program that exists today — Dining Out NYC.

Dining Out NYC allows thousands of approved restaurants to offer outdoor dining along roadways from April 1 through November ...

When the program fully resumes on Tuesday, there will be nearly 80% fewer outdoor dining setups than during the pandemic peak ...

Outdoor dining is back in New York City, so find a table and some fresh ... So we become really weather dependent," said Neidich. The onerous regulations prompted restaurants like the Empire ...

New York restaurants with “conditional approvals” for outdoor dining will be able to get liquor licenses, the city announced ...

Speaking Thursday during a bustling lunchtime service indoors, Campanaro said his eatery wasn’t eligible under the regulations ... partaking in New York City’s outdoor dining program ...

“Thanks to NYC DOT’s efforts to cut red tape from the City Council-established approval process, hundreds of roadway dining set-ups will join the nearly 2,000 sidewalk outdoor dining set-ups ...