New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams.
Photograph courtesy Workplace of the Mayor of the Metropolis of New York
As I usually say, we reside in a metropolis of 8.3 million individuals — and 35 million opinions. However one factor all New Yorkers can agree on is that individuals come to our metropolis to make it. They arrive right here to work, construct lives, and fulfill the American Dream. And the Adams administration is dedicated to creating the situations for that dream to flourish. This implies doing every thing we are able to to guard public security, rebuild our economic system, and make all 5 boroughs extra livable for all New Yorkers.
As a part of our ongoing efforts, now we have developed “Metropolis of Sure for Financial Alternative” — a set of 18 zoning modifications that may assist companies discover area and develop, help entrepreneurs and freelancers, increase rising industries, and make our streetscapes extra vibrant.
For a lot too lengthy, outdated laws have made it tough for small companies in our metropolis to flourish. These laws, enacted in 1961, now not make sense for the fashionable metropolis wherein we reside. They embody zoning legal guidelines that stop sure varieties of companies in particular neighborhoods — for instance banning {hardware} shops or restore outlets on Madison Avenue; or being allowed to have music and DJs at some bars, however not being allowed to put aside area for patrons to bounce to the music. Worse nonetheless, these outdated guidelines stop companies homeowners and entrepreneurs from assembly actual wants.
With the Metropolis Council’s help, we are able to sweep apart these mindless restrictions and create extra alternatives for New Yorkers and their companies to flourish. Now we have efficiently partnered with the Council on “Metropolis of Sure for Carbon Neutrality,” which makes it simpler for New Yorkers to go inexperienced with clear vitality, photo voltaic panels, composting, electrical autos, and extra. Now, we are able to do the identical with Metropolis of Sure for Financial Alternative.
Alongside the identical strains, now we have made out of doors eating everlasting. The momentary out of doors eating program saved 100,000 jobs throughout COVID and confirmed us a vivid future for our streets — nevertheless it additionally led to deserted sheds and sanitation points. Our everlasting program works for locals, vacationers, and restaurant homeowners and retains our streets engaging, protected, and trash-free. And we’re making it simpler for eating places to create clear and protected out of doors eating setups by means of our new Dining Out NYC portal, which can enable extra New Yorkers throughout the 5 boroughs to take pleasure in out of doors eating. The portal presents restaurant homeowners a variety of free sources and concepts for the right way to design their area, and the brand new guidelines be certain that the areas round out of doors eating areas are saved clear, so they appear good and don’t entice rodents and different pests.
Operating a metropolis like New York is rarely straightforward, and for all New Yorkers to flourish, we should proceed to adapt to new realities. Whether or not it’s responding to local weather change, eliminating outdated zoning guidelines, creating new financial alternatives, or implementing new commonsense guidelines to maintain us all protected and wholesome, the Adams administration places the well being and prosperity of New Yorkers entrance and heart day-after-day.
