Authorizing the department of consumer and worker protection to issue temporary operating licenses to sidewalk cafe applicants if certain requirements are satisfied.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing the department of consumer and worker protection to issue temporary operating licenses to sidewalk cafe applicants if certain requirements are satisfied

This bill would allow the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to issue temporary operating licenses to applicants for a sidewalk café license if the plans for the new sidewalk café are identical to the plans for a previously operating sidewalk café at the same location. This bill would also allow the Department to issue a temporary operating license to new sidewalk cafe applicants whose petitions have been approved but are pending registration by the Comptroller.