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Committee objects to one liquor-renewal, backs two renewals and approves outdoor dining
Summary
At an emergency July 16 meeting the Economic Development and Public Safety Committee voted to send a formal objection for Michelangelo's alcohol-license renewal, granted letters of no objection for Tana Thai and LaCasa (LaCasa approval subject to police feedback), and unanimously approved a new outdoor dining permit for Leandro's Kitchen & Wine.
The Economic Development and Public Safety Committee met July 16 in an emergency session to process four alcohol-license applications and one outdoor-dining permit.
Co-chairs opened the meeting citing the time-sensitive nature of the applications and said staff had organized the emergency session to facilitate prompt review. The committee voted to send a formal letter of objection to the state liquor authority for the alcohol-license renewal for Michelangelo's Wood-Fired Pizza and Pasta; the motion was moved by the co-chair and seconded and was recorded as carrying unanimously.
The committee approved a letter of no objection for the renewal application for Tana (Thailand) Thai restaurant. Naomi Pemberton seconded that motion; the committee recorded the motion as carrying.
On LaCasa — which the committee noted had received a liquor license roughly two years earlier but had not opened to the public — the committee voted to send a letter of no objection pending feedback from precinct investigators. Staff said they had asked the proprietor and the owner's attorney to attend and that Lieutenant Hamlet was investigating the site; the motion was approved with the caveat that police input could modify the committee's letter.
Separately, the committee unanimously approved a new outdoor-dining application for Leandro's Kitchen & Wine at 1000 Morris Park Avenue. Committee members reviewed the site's plot plan and asked proprietors how they would protect pedestrian egress and avoid trip hazards; the proposal would extend about eight feet into the sidewalk with umbrellas and removable barricades. The committee asked to avoid placing barricades that would obstruct secondary egress routes.
The meeting minutes recorded motions and that each motion carried; the transcript does not list individual recorded vote tallies or the full roll-call for each motion. The co-chairs adjourned the meeting at 6:22 p.m.
What happens next: the committee's letters will be sent to the New York State Liquor Authority and the Department of Transportation as appropriate; LaCasa's final recommendation is pending the precinct's report.
