“As a matter of fact, many restaurant owners have said that the delivery services’ orders are cannibalizing their existing customer base,” he added. “We found no evidence that this is the case,” Gjonaj, the chair of the NYC Council’s Committee on Small Business, said in a letter to the State Liquor Authority, which has proposed new rules that would limit delivery companies’ profits.

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