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NEW YORK CITY’S OUTDOOR DINING DOOM

EW YORK CITY restaurants have been hit hard during the last year by COVID-19 and bad government policy. Although outdoor dining has been permitted since June, the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) keeps changing the rules, forcing already burdened restaurants to spend heaps of money

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