{"id":19769,"date":"2020-07-02T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/de-blasio-expands-outdoor-dining-seating-after-gov-cuomo-criticism\/"},"modified":"2020-07-02T20:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T17:02:00","slug":"de-blasio-expands-outdoor-dining-seating-after-gov-cuomo-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/de-blasio-expands-outdoor-dining-seating-after-gov-cuomo-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"#De Blasio expands outdoor dining seating after Gov. Cuomo criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#De Blasio expands outdoor dining seating after Gov. Cuomo criticism<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n City Hall hopes to boost the Big App<\/a>le\u2019s ailing restaurant business by allowing restaurants and bars that serve food to set up tables and chairs on streets closed for social<\/a> distancing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.<\/p>\n

The initiative comes a day after Hizzoner and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced they were pausing plans to allow indoor dining starting next week because of fears it could help fuel another coronavirus outbreak \u2014 and the lack of enforcement of social distancing and mask-wearing rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could not go ahead with indoor dining given everything we\u2019ve seen around the city,\u201d de Blasio told reporters at his daily briefing. \u201cWe have to double down on open streets and open restaurants and bring them together to address the situation \u2014 and bring the maximum number of options to our restaurants, to their employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

De Blasio deflected a strong rebuke from Cuomo Tuesday that the hold on indoor dining was largely caused by the city\u2019s failure to crack down on the coronavirus rule violations.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Hizzoner said simply, rejecting the governor\u2019s comments that, \u201cIf you have citizen compliance dropping and you don\u2019t have local governments enforcing, then you\u2019re going to see the virus go up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to reduce the concentration in gatherings of people,\u201d Cuomo said, explaining \u201ccitizens have to do it\u201d and \u201cestablishments can help,\u201d but \u201clocal government has to step up and do their job,\u201d in a clear slap at de Blasio.<\/p>\n

Still, de Blasio insisted Thursday, \u201cThe reason that indoor dining didn\u2019t make sense was the data we received from states all over the country,\u201d pointing to the reports of mass outbreaks in Texas, Florida and California linked back to bars and restaurants. \u201cThat really picked up in the last week or so, and it became and it became deafening how bad the situation was.\u201d<\/p>\n

De Blasio did not say how or if he would address the compliance issue to get New York on a footing that would allow indoor dining down the line.<\/p>\n

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Every other region in the state has been allowed to proceed fully to Phase Three of Cuomo\u2019s reopening plan, which includes allowing bars and restaurants to serve indoors. The governor said Tuesday that would continue, despite the growing safety worries restaurants and bars across the country.<\/p>\n

New York is set to go into Phase Three Monday, but will do so without being allowed to open indoor dining.<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s new plan aims to help make up for that lost capacity by expanding outdoor dining, allowing restauranteurs to set up tables and chairs on 22 streets on Friday nights and weekends.<\/p>\n

Some of the streets are already closed during the day to give New Yorkers additional space for social distancing and exercise.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink about what is possible if we could make them centerpieces of outdoor dining,\u201d de Blasio expounded.<\/p>\n

The new, European-style cafe corridors will include stretches of streets in all five boroughs:<\/p>\n