Article: Long Island municipalities push outdoor dining as downtown boosters

As Main Street businesses founder in the sluggish economy, some Long Island villages and towns have decided the time has come to allow outside dining at restaurants.

This spring, the harborfront village of Northport changed its code, permitting restaurants to put tables outside, while the town of Southampton unanimously adopted legislation allowing sidewalk dining at restaurants in the hamlets of Bridgehampton, Hampton Bays, Water Mill and East Quogue.

"The idea was brought to me, and it hadn't been suggested before," said Christopher Nuzzi, a Southampton town councilman who co-sponsored the bill. "With the changing economy, there is more thinking outside the box to come up with ways for ...

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