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NY governor signs law making the restaurant reservation black market illegal
The Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act first passed this summer
“We’re putting an end to the predatory black market for restaurant reservations — protecting consumers and businesses, and giving everyone a chance to get a seat at the dinner table,” Hochul said in a press release from her office exclusively obtained by Eater. Groups like R/FoodNYC on Reddit have been spaces where people have traded reservations that we’re otherwise nonrefundable: an issue in recent years, if, let’s say, you had last-minute found out you had tested positive for COVID. Assemblymember Alex Bores, who backed the bill, said this summer: “New Yorkers should not have to pay shady middlemen just for the right to a dinner reservation,” he said.
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