Don’t slice me up! The lawmaker responsible for passing the 2015 law requiring pollutant-spewing coal-and-wood-fired pizzerias to dramatically curb emissions said Mayor Eric Adams should enforce the controversial edict. That would be Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, who was then a councilman who authored the bill. “Tell the pizza lobby please don’t slice me up. … Read more
Don’t let them take our dough! A new alliance has formed to fight New York City’s edict targeting famous pizzerias that bake their pies in pollutant-spewing coal-and-wired-fired ovens. Lobbyist and self-described pizza fanatic Brad Gerstman said Wednesday he’s created the “New York City Pizza Alliance” with fellow lawyer Nina Marinaro and pie makers to block “a … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams gave a doughy defense of his administration’s controversial new edict targeting New York City’s iconic eateries that use pollutant-spewing coal-and-wood-fired baking methods — but left the oven door open for compromise. “Everyone likes pizza! You see that pie in front of you, you start to get happy,” said Adams, who faced the fire while … Read more
Twitter titan Elon Musk spearheaded the backlash against New York City’s crackdown on coal-and-wood-fired pizzerias in the name of climate change. The drafted new rules by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection requires eateries with such ovens installed prior to May 2016 to buy pricey emission-control devices —to slice carbon emissions and particulates by up to … Read more