Below, please watch the video of Andrew Ansboro, President of the
Uniformed Firefighters Association, powerful statement on the road bed
dining sheds. He clearly states "lives in danger". You can read his statement here.
Tomorrow
will be Mayor Adams' and City Council's first step to making Open
Restaurant permanent. The torpedoing of this legislation is nothing
shocking. The Hospitality Alliance and Open Plans New York have
been lobbying hard for this to happen. But, tomorrow will be one of the only chances for the public to push back.
Please take to time to provide testimony tomorrow on Zoom or via written testimony (by Thurs 11:59 PM). The how-to-do-this is laid out below. Or, click here.
If
the text amendment passes, our streets will forever be altered, and our
quality of life upended. This is not hyperbolic. Department of
Transportation will be granted enormous amounts of power and latitude to
dictate the future of our streets. City Council is not only ceding our
lands to one business sector and landlords but diminishing their checks
and balances over DOT. The amendments (and there are quite a few
scheduled) on the table tomorrow will allow DOT full rule-making authority with very little oversight.
**Sign up anyway just in case (as
opposed to Open Restaurant amendment) with a backup plan to submit
written testimony by the deadline (or do both). Tomorrow
will be a long day of testimony. Over 100 people have registered so
far, but we fear it is mostly Hospitality and Open Plans NY members and
supporters. So help stack the deck our way!
Public
testimony will begin immediately following the testimony of any invited
experts and will be limited to two minutes per person to allow as many
people as possible to present their views.
Members of the public can sign up to testify
via Zoom Web or phone at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing.
Translators are available, see sign-up ASAP. Please check your SPAM for a
confirmation email.
*SKIP THE UPLOAD TESTIMONY QUESTION PORTAL OPEN NOW!
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