NY Black Market for Hot Restaurant Reservations Shut Down by Law
The measure won’t affect platforms like Resy, SevenRooms and OpenTable, which partner with restaurants directly.
Photographer: Chris Goodney/BloombergNew Yorkers looking to score a hard-to-get reservation at Carbone, Tatiana or any other hot restaurant through the unauthorized secondary market are now out of luck.
Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed into law the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act, which requires third-party services to gain permission from restaurants to offer reservations.