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NYC Mayor Unveils 50 Red-Tape Cuts for Small Businesses

7/26/2026

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced 50 reforms to cut red tape for NYC small businesses.
The reforms drop bodega licenses for fruit or flower sales, let restaurants sell ice-cream without a frozen-dessert permit, and extend barber-shop permits to three years.
Deputy Mayor Julie Su said the plan assigns a case worker to each of the 180,000 small businesses and offers the food-handling course.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced 50 reforms to cut red tape for NYC small businesses.
The reforms drop bodega licenses for fruit or flower sales, let restaurants sell ice-cream without a frozen-dessert permit, and extend barber-shop permits to three years.
Deputy Mayor Julie Su said the plan assigns a case worker to each of the 180,000 small businesses and offers the food-handling course.