{"id":138157,"date":"2020-12-21T04:02:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T01:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-yorks-restaurant-killing-rules-make-no-sense\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T04:02:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T01:02:25","slug":"new-yorks-restaurant-killing-rules-make-no-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-yorks-restaurant-killing-rules-make-no-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"#New York&#8217;s restaurant-killing rules make no sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2eaa2e5eb35\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2eaa2e5eb35\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-yorks-restaurant-killing-rules-make-no-sense\/#More_from\" >More from:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#New York&#8217;s restaurant-killing rules make no sense<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"in-line-column wp-caption alignleft\">\n<div class=\"box module inline columnist desktop\">\n<div class=\"columnist-info\">\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_from\"><\/span>More from:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<picture class=\"columnist-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, New York City issued a brain-numbing \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/assets\/counseltothemayor\/downloads\/indoor-dining-closure-faq-20201217.pdf\">COVID-19 Dining Update\u201d for restaurants. Among the new rules: Employees would be barred from eating inside any part of the restaurant normally used by patrons. Orders for takeout could only be placed via e-mail or telephone. Most shockingly, patrons dining at a restaurant\u2019s outdoor seating area couldn\u2019t use the restroom inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It seemed like Kafkaesque satire for the pandemic age. But no, emblazoned at the top of the notice was the official logo of the Office of the Counsel to the Mayor.<\/p>\n<p>A backlash ensued. Our leaders, full of holiday benevolence, bent just this once and allowed patrons sitting outdoors in 30-degree weather to use restaurant bathrooms. They will now also allow t people to come inside the establishment to place and pick up to-go orders. But only until 10 p.m. \u2014 after which time food must\u00a0be picked up curbside or through a window.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t try too hard to make sense of any of this from a pandemic-fighting perspective. You\u2019ll only give yourself a headache.<\/p>\n<p>The new city diktats are just the latest serving of hell dished out to restaurateurs and their workers by a political class that continues to receive regular paychecks courtesy of taxpayers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With few exceptions like City Councilman Joe Borelli, few dare state the obvious: that destroying the restaurant industry isn\u2019t going to stop the spread of the coronavirus \u2014 and was never going to.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, on the day Gov. Andrew Cuomo shuttered indoor dining in the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, he produced a chart that showed restaurants were responsible for only 1.4 percent of the spread. The governor closed the restaurants anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Tina Plagos, owner of three Souvlaki GR restaurants in Manhattan, tells me, \u201cWe haven\u2019t had a profit since February and have bought air purifiers, heaters, a ton of extra cleaning supplies, masks, hand sanitizer and have spent thousands to build and rebuild the outdoor seating area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the absurdity that enrages: \u201cIn Long Island, customers can sit and eat at the bar six feet apart, but in New York City, no one is allowed near the bar. You can\u2019t order a drink at the bar, let alone eat at the bar.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If restaurants are dangerous, why are they closed only in New York City, not throughout the state? Why are nearly all of our elected officials silent, shivering in their boots rather than taking a stand for the businesses that make our city run? Our restaurant industry is suffering abuse, and the politicos won\u2019t say anything.<\/p>\n<p>Rafi Hasid, owner of the restaurant 1803 in Tribeca and Miriam in Brooklyn and Manhattan, says he has spent at least $10,000 per restaurant to keep up with the constant regulatory shifts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the beginning,\u201d he recalls, \u201cthey said they\u2019re going to allow propane heaters. But then they said you can\u2019t have them on the street side or on the outside of the sidewalk. Then they said you can\u2019t keep the propane tanks on your property and must store them at a different location every night. So that was a wasted purchase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continues: \u201cWe capsuled the outdoor seating, so every table has its own personal area. The Health Department said it\u2019s good. Then the Fire Department said we need a door, and it should be closed. Then yesterday, we got an e-mail from the city that the door can\u2019t be closed, because the space needs to be open on two sides. We keep investing money but what\u2019s the criteria to open indoor dining again? We have no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The arbitrary 10 p.m. close time \u2014 premised on the ludicrous notion that the virus hunts at night \u2014 is particularly crushing. If restaurants have a reservation at 6:30 p.m. that lasts until 8:30, the following reservation either has to have a shortened meal or they can\u2019t take accept it at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRestaurants are mainly family-owned and made up of mainly minorities,\u201d Plagos adds. \u201cThey aren\u2019t corporate America. We were living the American dream of working hard and taking care of our families, and now they took that right away from us.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Among the new rules: Employees would be barred from eating inside any part of the restaurant normally used by patrons. Orders for takeout could only be placed via e-mail or telephone. 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