NEW YORK - Indoor dining is permitted citywide at 25 percent capacity as of Wednesday. Restaurants must follow state and city safety regulations, including social distancing and mandatory masks for staff and customers.

While this is welcome news for the industry, restaurant owners feel 25 percent capacity is not enough to survive. At the same time, New Yorkers aren't so sure if they feel comfortable dining indoors.  

“That’s going to be real devastating for restaurants in New York and you’re going to see a lot of places close,” chef and restaurateur Andrew Carmellini said on “One New York.”

Restaurants have been pushing for 50 percent capacity to help them stay afloat. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will reassess conditions and a decision on that will be made Nov. 1.

But allowing indoor dining doesn’t mean restaurants will survive. In an unscientific NY1 Twitter poll, 70.8 percent of respondents said they will dine indoors only when a vaccine becomes available. Only 10.3 percent said they will dine inside immediately, and 19 percent said they will do so in the coming weeks.

A CDC report found that adults adults who tested positive were about twice as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant than those with negative results.

But restaurant owners say they can safely take on indoor dining. Carmellini said his establishments have had practice with protocols since outdoor dining began this summer. 

The reopening for indoor dining comes as the city tries to tackle coronavirus clusters in parts of Brooklyn and Queens. 

“One thing I learned when the shutdown started in March was that any plan I had at 9 a.m. was out the window by 3 p.m,” said Chef/Restaurateur Andrew Carmellini. “If I would have any suggestion to other restaurateurs it's just to be fluid and not look too far ahead and really just take things week-by-week.”