The original streetsblog post is not clear about what the plans are:

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/02/27/exclu-council-will-move-ahead-with-seasonal-outdoor-dining-plan/

One council member says:

>The plan is not to make permanent the current outdoor dining sheds you see on our streets or continue with this patchwork quilt of random structures – some that are impressive and creative extensions of their brick-and-mortar motherships and some that have come to more closely resemble abandoned shipwrecks from the First World War – but to create a better program with new rules, new standards, clear design guidelines and operating requirements, moving away from the year-round structures that often sit empty during the winter months

That's entirely reasonable, we need these things to be regulated.