By the afternoon, Mayor Eric Adams was forced to confront what had become the city’s newest Pizzagate.
Prior to that, conservatives blamed the pizza crackdown on misguided legislation from Democrats. The rule is estimated as affecting fewer than 100 businesses, but they potentially include several old-style establishments favored by pizza aficionados like John’s in Greenwich Village, Patsy’s in Turtle Bay and the Upper West Side and Grimaldi’s near the Brooklyn Bridge.
And some exceptions will be granted. City officials noted that restaurants who are unable to retrofit their building or stoves will not be forced to do so. Andrew Rigie, executive director of the NYC Hospitality Alliance, the city’s restaurant lobby, told Gothamist that city officials have been working with the industry on the new rule.
“There’s going to be a cost and burden for small businesses to hire an engineer or architect to determine if they can even comply with this standard,” Rigie said. “For those that can comply, it’s going to be expensive and complicated.”
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