NYC to rely on complaints to enforce sidewalk dining rules

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that the city was “waiving all the rules” regarding sidewalk dining — but it’s a little more complicated than that. “We just said, whatever the rules were in the past, we’re waiving all the rules,” de Blasio said at a virtual conference of mayors. “All you have to do is tell us you want to do it and you’re in. You can use the sidewalks or part of the

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