Now the nation’s biggest city is pushing businesses to cool it on such wastefulness. Under an expanded law that took full effect this week, most stores and restaurants could be fined $250 or more if they keep their doors or windows open while running the A/C.
But as temperatures soared into the 90s, some air-conditioned shops and eateries around Times Square still had doors propped like open arms, beckoning passers-by to come into the cold.
“When the doors are open, it’s better for business,” says William Shalders, who manages Il Forno, an Italian restaurant that had its front door open; he said he wasn’t aware of the law.
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If a business wants to waste money, so what!
ReplyDeleteI've got an idea. How about making a law against window or any air conditioners that drop water on you as you walk under them!
ReplyDeleteWe are no longer free.
ReplyDeletewe definitely need a lot more laws to keep us safe
ReplyDeleteAre they getting enough of those customers coming in for the coolness to pay for their higher electric bill due to all that wasted energy?
ReplyDeleteHappens in Ocean City all summer long. Every business has their doors wide open and it is freezing when you walk in. They probably have to keep it at 60 degrees. But Delmarva Power wants us lowly residential folks to conserve power at what they call peak times....um, yea..ok
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