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Riley asks how city will prevent burdens on residents and small businesses

New York City Council · Sep 30, 2026 · starts 1:17:32 · 1 min 4 sec

Riley says large events can burden communities through street closures and disrupted block parties. He asks what steps the city is taking to prevent residents and small businesses from bearing disproportionate burdens.

Kevin C. Riley

Large-scale events could also be a burden on communities.

Kevin C. Riley

I know we did a lot of planning.

Kevin C. Riley

There was a lot of street closures.

Kevin C. Riley

Trust me, block parties were a big thing in our districts, and they could have happened because of this event.

Kevin C. Riley

So what are the steps that the city is taking to prevent residents and small businesses from bearing the disproportionate burden from events like this?

Maya Honda

I would also love for SBS to speak a little bit to the outreach that we did around toolkits and kind of preparing for the World Cup.

Maya Honda

But we'll note that we were working very closely with bids and we want to make sure, I think, with more time, could work more closely and be continuing that conversation.

Maya Honda

And so looking forward to 2028 planning, but really wanted to work closely with folks to get out the word about how to apply for a permit when a permit is not required, all of those pieces.

Maya Honda

And I think we did a variety of multimodal outreach, whether it was the small business toolkit, working with city council members, working with bids to get the word out.

Maya Honda

And I'll let you speak more.