The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has drafted new rules that would order eateries using the decades-old baking method to slice carbon emissions by up to 75%.
“All New Yorkers deserve to breathe healthy air and wood and coal-fired stoves are among the largest contributors of harmful pollutants in neighborhoods with poor air quality,” DEP spokesman Ted Timbers said in a statement Sunday. “This common-sense rule, developed with restaurant and environmental justice groups, requires a professional review of whether installing emission controls is feasible.”
The rule could require pizzerias with such ovens installed prior to May 2016 to buy pricey emission-control devices — with the owner of one Brooklyn joint saying he’s already tossed $20,000 on an air filter system in anticipation of the new mandate.
“Oh yeah, it’s a big expense!” said Paul Giannone, the owner of Paulie Gee’s in Greenpoint. “It’s not just the expense of having it installed, it’s the maintenance. I got to pay somebody to do it, to go up there every couple of weeks and hose it down and you know do the maintenance.”
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NEW YORK, NY — Former President Donald Trump continues to find himself on the receiving end of serious legal charges after being indicted in New York for eating pizza cooked in a wood-burning oven.
"He must face justice for this heinous act," said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. "Everyone knows wood-burning pizza ovens are a danger to public safety and pose the most immediate threat to our democracy. President Trump must learn he is not above the law. As a vegan I don't even eat pizza but it is still legal. But when one uses a wood burning oven - just indefensible."
In recordings leaked to CNN, Trump can be heard talking about how much he's enjoying the authentic, New York pizza he's eating. He remarked that he loooooves but just looooves the extra cheese and anchovies - despite his doctor telling him to go easy on the delicacy. Audible gasps could be heard in the CNN studio as the audio was played. "This is one of the more disturbing things I've ever heard," said news anchor Jake Tapper. "And that's saying something because I hear Anderson Cooper's voice every day."
Melania was heard saying "Donald dear - that is your fifth slice. Enough already. Ivanka is going to make you bentch."
Trump was officially indicted for the crime and was expected to arrive back in New York for arraignment next week. The former president defiantly addressed the indictment in a post to his Truth Social account. "THE DEEP STATE AND THE RADICAL LEFT ARE AT IT AGAIN," he said. "FIRST IT WAS RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA, THEN IMPEACHMENT HOAX #1, THEN IMPEACHMENT HOAX #2, NOW THIS! REMEMBER, THEY'RE COMING AFTER YOUR PIZZA, I'M JUST STANDING IN THEIR WAY! WITCH HUNT!"
Trump was officially indicted for the crime and was expected to arrive back in New York for arraignment next week. The former president defiantly addressed the indictment in a post to his Truth Social account. "THE DEEP STATE AND THE RADICAL LEFT ARE AT IT AGAIN," he said. "FIRST IT WAS RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA, THEN IMPEACHMENT HOAX #1, THEN IMPEACHMENT HOAX #2, NOW THIS! REMEMBER, THEY'RE COMING AFTER YOUR PIZZA, I'M JUST STANDING IN THEIR WAY! WITCH HUNT!"
He later posted: "FIRST IT IS ITALIAN FOOD!!! THEN IT IS GOING TO BE CHINESE FOOD. CHINA CHINA CHINA. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF CHINA BEATING US AT EVERYTHING! THEN THEY SENT COVID FROM WUHAN WHICH MADE ME LOSE THE ELECTION WHICH I REALLY WON. THE LOSS WAS FAKE NEWS. FAKE FAKE FAKE. BUT I WOULD HAVE WON WITH A LANDSLIDE IF NOT FOR CHINESE-COVID-19. THEY ARE GOING TO START ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR EATING CHINESE FOOD. ISNT THAT RIIIIIDICULOUS. I MEAN - CHOPSTICKS ARE A STUPID WAY TO EAT BUT NOT A FEDERAL OFFENSE."
At publishing time, federal prosecutors had reportedly intensified their investigation after it was learned Trump was in possession of a wood-burning pizza oven at his home in Trump Tower.
At publishing time, federal prosecutors had reportedly intensified their investigation after it was learned Trump was in possession of a wood-burning pizza oven at his home in Trump Tower.
