New York City says goodbye to outdoor dining sheds as we know them

Much of New York City's outdoor dining infrastructure is out.  Right after Thanksgiving, the last of the dwindling outdoor dining sheds in the city were disassembled and put away, either for the winter or forever.  

Things were different not too long ago. Some 12-thousand sheds blanketed the Big Apple at the program's height. However, under the new outdoor dining rules put into place by the Adams administration, the number of street eateries will fall below 3,000.  

Back in 2022, NYU Urban Policy and Planning Professor Mitchell Moss co-authored a set of policy recommendations as the city eyed its outdoor dining future. He joined WNYC's Michael Hill to revisit those recommendations.