Council Member Brewer Questions DOT on Adding Setup Status to the Website
Council Member Gale Brewer asks DOT if the legal or illegal status of outdoor dining setups can be clearly indicated on the agency's public website.
But it doesn't, we get complaints of we don't know if they're legal or not.
Obviously, I'm like the you know, the uh person who spent a great deal of time on the illegal smoke shops, as you know.
So we don't know if they're legal or illegal.
It doesn't say that on the website.
Is there some way that that could be added?
Because people are bringing us, we I don't know if it's legal or not.
We we can call, but that'll be something that I think people would appreciate.
If you give them a summons, can that be listed, etc.?
Okay, so the website will be continually updated, but in the meantime, if there is a question about any setup, if you call us, we are I know I can call you, but I'm just saying, but anybody can call 311 or nyc.gov and we will tell them what the dimensions are supposed to be and whatnot.
But as we continue along with the program and the final um approvals, the website will be more and more updated and more useful to your constituents.
About those that are not legal also?
If they're not in the website, they're probably illegal.
But then it needs to say that because people don't know that it needs it needs that.
That's what happened during the smoke shops.
People didn't know if they were legal or illegal.