The article criticizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) for prioritizing outdoor dining sheds in New York City, often overlooking public safety concerns. The piece highlights how new sheds on narrow streets are dangerous, with fire lanes blocked. It notes the FDNY's weak responses to DOT directives and claims the agency's complex regulations discourage restaurateurs from applying for safer shed designs. The author voices concern that the DOT's decisions endanger not just pedestrians but overall emergency response times in densely populated neighborhoods like the West Village and Chinatown.
The DOT's eagerness to allow outdoor dining sheds that block fire lanes reveals its warped priorities, placing them above public safety and proper urban planning.
The 'reluctant' agreement from the FDNY highlights how even emergency services yield to the DOT's overpowering influence, further endangering public safety.
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