从费城到纽约大巴费用 纽约餐馆加收10%"疫情恢复费"

纽约餐馆加收10%"疫情恢复费"  

New York City diners may soon see a Covid-19 surCharge on their bills as the restaurant industry continues to hobble due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The New York City Council passed a bill on Wednesday 46-2 that would allow restaurants to charge as much as 10% on customers dining indoors or outdoors to help cover Covid-19 expenses.
Labeled the "COVID-19 Recovery Charge
" the surcharge does not add to the bill's overall tax
nor applies to delivery or takeout orders. A restaurant implementing the surcharge is free to use the new funds however it likes
though it must also make it clear that the surcharge is not a substitute for a tip or gratuity for waitstaff.
这项收费被称为“疫情恢复费”，不计入账单的计税总额，也不适用于外卖和外带食物。收取“疫情恢复费”的餐厅可自由支配这笔钱，但必须明确，这项收费不能替代服务员的小费。
Republican City Councilman Joseph Borelli
the bill's prime sponsor
told CNN that the new option will help owners who don't want to go through the trouble of raising prices on their menus.
"New York was actually the only city that we knew of that actually had a ban
a 45-year-old law made when the Department of Consumer Affairs essentially reanized
and it prevented restaurants
the only industry in New York City
from applying a surcharge
" he explained.
"If you go to a hair salon
a gas station
or any other business in the city of New York
the owner is allowed to charge you a surcharge for basically whatever they want
" Borelli said. "They obviously have to disclose it and you have to agree to pay it
but they're allowed to. It's only restaurants that are banned from this."
Once the bill is signed
restaurants would be able to tack on the surcharge up to 90 days after full indoor dining is restored and there is no longer a statewide disaster emergency declared for the virus.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is said to support the bill that passed Wednesday
though there are no details yet on when he will sign it.
"We will support the bill as long as there is a guarantee that restaurant workers will at least earn similar wages before the pandemic
" said Anthony Advincula
spokesman for Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
a non-profit advocating for higher wages and better working conditions for restaurant workers.
Advincula further stressed that proper enforcement is necessary
and said he hopes that customers will realize the surcharge does not go directly to workers per se.
Restaurants could face a civil penalty beeen $50 and $350 for not adhering to the rules
according to the bill.
Restaurateurs have pushed de Blasio for the option to add surcharges even before the pandemic. In April 2018
more than 200 restaurants signed an open letter to de Blasio pleading that the city allow them to implement an optional surcharge
which is already allowed throughout New York State.
Borelli had also introduced a similar bill in 2018 that would allow up to a 5% surcharge
and says he hopes the optional surcharge remains after the pandemic eventually subsides.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced earlier this month that indoor dining can resume on September 30 with strict restrictions
including temperature checks
mandatory collection of contact information for contact tracing purposes
and a 25% capacity limit.
Despite the city's embrace of outdoor dining
the industry is still in crisis.
According to a survey by the New York State Restaurant Association of 1
000 restaurants across the state
almost 64% of owners said they could close shop by the end of the year without additional financial relief.
For Philippe Massoud
CEO and executive chef of Flatiron District-based ilili
the optional surcharge would allow his business to not "die on the operating table."
"This is not a moneymaker for me
at least in our pany's culture. We are using it to deflect costs that we otherwise would not have
" he continued.