Restaurants Stuck in Slow Outdoor Dining Permit Process
An investigation seeks records on outdoor dining permit delays, focusing on DOT and MOCS review steps and staffing, while noting Comptroller registration averages eight days.
Almost 1,000 Outdoor Dining Permits Stuck in Bureaucratic Backlog - Streetsblog New York City
Nearly 1,000 restaurants remain stuck awaiting outdoor dining permits due to a backlog, prompting calls to streamline and speed up approvals before the season.
Al fresco, in limbo: Comptroller probes NYC outdoor dining permit delays | amNewYork
An investigation seeks records on outdoor dining permit reviews, focusing on DOT and MOCS delays as applications remain in a multi-agency pipeline before final registration.