Overview
- Julie Menin said the Council will move legislation this session to restore 12-month roadway dining and expand allowed setups based on Lincoln Restler’s proposal.
- The package targets lower revocable consent fees and a faster, simpler approval process that curtails community‑board bottlenecks, with a possible shift of program oversight to DCWP under discussion.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani voiced support, and the NYC Hospitality Alliance praised the focus on easing costs for small restaurants and workers.
- City figures show the program shrank sharply: by the end of the first constrained season there were 849 roadway sheds and 1,973 sidewalk setups, with only about 400 full approvals and thousands on conditional permits.
- Quality‑of‑life concerns persist over noise, sanitation and parking, and Menin said the plan will address saturation issues and asserted it would not remove parking spaces.