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Lower East Side Links –The latest on the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, which is set to begin later this spring. [NY1] –As you can probably tell by construction noise echoing through the neighborhood, excavation is well under way for two new towers on the grave of the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue. [New York Yimby] –Checking in on Chinatown Block Watch, which was created one year ago. [Curbed] –A heartfelt conversation with the local students who created The Dragon Kids podcas...

Restaurants in New York City are allowed to increase their indoor dining capacity to 50%. Locanda Vini e Olii in Brooklyn won't do any indoor dining until every staff member has been fully vaccinated.

NYC Restaurants Balance Safety And Financial Pressure To Reopen But right now, the dining room is a storage closet — mostly for outdoor dining equipment. "We store the empty propane heaters here. And in the front window where it used to be a really romantic table, now its just filled with plates and glassware," says Michael Schall, one of Locanda Vini e Oliis owners. Restaurants in New York City are now allowed to increase their indoor dining capacity to 50%. Thats the highest capacity the...

NYC Restaurants Balance Safety And Financial Pressure To Reopen By Camille Petersen  April 1, 2021 The dining room of Locanda Vini e Olii, an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, is inside a hundred-year-old apothecary. It has dark wood shelves, deep cabinets with glass doors, and a floor made of small, pearly tiles. But right now, the dining room is a storage closet — mostly for outdoor dining equipment. “We store the empty propane heaters here. And in the front window where it used to be a r...