Following a cult is all fun and games till it kills off your favorite food, and an NYC classic
New York City taking a slice out of iconic pizza shops with new green rule
More than 100 iconic New York City pizzerias could be forced out of business thanks to a quietly approved plan requiring wood- and coal-fired stoves to cut carbon emissions by 75%, a pie shop owner told Fox News.
“This regulation will go a long way to put an end to charming wood-fired pizza restaurants in New York City,” Brooklyn pizzeria owner Paul Giannone, known as Paulie Gee, told Fox News. “A sad day in my opinion.”
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) rule, which will take effect April 27, applies to restaurants with cook stoves installed before May 2016. The mandate, originally proposed in June, requires affected pizzeria owners to install a filter, then hire an engineer to regularly inspect the carbon emissions.
Giannone, who opened Paulie Gee’s Pizzeria around 14 years ago in Brooklyn, told Fox News he spent $20,000 on emission-control air-filters for his wood-fired oven in anticipation of the DEP rule. He said he was glad to install the devices after receiving a neighbor’s complaint about excessive smoke, but added that many businesses can’t afford it.
$20K. That’s no cheap bit of an installation for any small restaurant. Many are just tiny places, and the only way to afford it and stay in business is to increase prices, meaning consumer interest will drop. And then pay the inspectors
“All New Yorkers deserve to breathe healthy air, and wood- and coal-fired stoves are among the largest contributors of harmful pollutants in neighborhoods with poor air quality,” the DEP spokesperson told Fox News in an email. “This common-sense rule was developed with restaurant owners and environmental justice groups and is a product of years of review.”
In other words, they listened to the cultists working for EJGs who most likely have never run a business, much less a restaurant. Soon residents of NYC will get that “healthy air”, because the pizza places will go away. Along with a lot of small restaurants.
The rule led a Jewish bakery to spend over $600,000 on new air filtration systems ahead of its approval, the New York Post reported. Another iconic pizzeria, John’s of Bleecker Street, spent more than $100,000 on a smoke reduction system.
Big places who want to stay in business. This is just insane.
