Downtown Manhattan, just yesterday. Because of pizza.
Posted on 06/26/2023 11:28:30 AM PDT by lowbridge
Historic Big Apple pizza joints could be forced to dish out mounds of dough under a proposed city edict targeting pollutant-spewing coal-and-wood-fired ovens, The Post has learned.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has drafted new rules that would order eateries using the decades-old baking method to slice carbon emissions by up to 75%.
“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,” DEP spokesman Ted Timbers said in a statement Sunday. “This common-sense rule, developed with restaurant and environmental justice groups, requires a professional review of whether installing emission controls is feasible.”
The rule could require pizzerias with such ovens installed prior to May 2016 to buy pricey emission-control devices — with the owner of one Brooklyn joint saying he’s already tossed $20,000 on an air filter system in anticipation of the new mandate.
“Oh yeah, it’s a big expense!” said Paul Giannone, the owner of Paulie Gee’s in Greenpoint. “It’s not just the expense of having it installed, it’s the maintenance. I got to pay somebody to do it, to go up there every couple of weeks and hose it down and you know do the maintenance.”
Giannone added that while the air filter is “expensive and it’s a huge hassle,” it also has some upsides.
“My neighbors are much happier. I had a guy coming in for years complaining that the smoke was, you know, going right into his apartment and I haven’t seen him since I got the scrubber installed.”
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#clownworld
New York politicians doing what they do best...destroy small businesses.
Downtown Manhattan, just yesterday. Because of pizza.
This is what they vote for. So live with it New Yawkers.
Do you think the Democrat voters in NYC have figured out what they voted for yet? Lol
1. They get what the vote for
2. Never heard of a COAL fired pizza oven
But public defecation is ok?
Why do they hate Italians so much? Stop messing with our food!!! This just might be the thing that tips the scales!!! Bada Bing....
Soon it will be mandated that we all buy frozen pizzas baked in Government owned and operated solar powered Pizza Parlors.
Might not be a problem in the suburbs. But I can see why the city folks would complain about all the smoke coming from thr coal oven.
https://giordanos.com/wood-vs-coal-pizza-ovens/
Although wood-fired ovens have gained a lot of attention in recent years, those who prefer coal pizza ovens stand fast in the assertion that their cooking method is best. Most would say it comes down to personal preference. Some would even dare say there’s really no difference, but that’s simply not true.
If we’re going to decide which pizza style is best – wood vs. coal – then we need to explore the nitty-gritty details and answer the tough questions:
Absolutely insane. Some of the best pizza in the world is made in NYC-area wood and coal-fired ovens.
Keep voting democrat.
Ping
Maybe, the Cuomo's never effed with pizza shops.
The only place to get New York pizza will be outside of New York.
What’s the penalty for leaders on crack cocaine?
Asking for a friend.
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