Int 0028-2002
Price of items sold at newsstands.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Consumer Affairsintroduced 2002-01-30Local Law 2002/002
Enacted as Local Law 2002/002.
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Agenda: 2002-01-30Passed: 2002-04-02Enacted: 2002-04-02
Committee on Consumer Affairs — Department of Consumer Affairs
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Sponsors (3)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2002-01-30 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2002-01-30 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2002-02-13 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeldDeferred
2002-02-13 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2002-03-04 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2002-03-04 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
AdvancedApproved by Council
2002-03-13 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2002-03-13 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2002-04-02 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2002-04-02 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2002-04-03 · City Council
Heard at (2)
City Council · 2002-03-13 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2002-01-30 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Committee Report
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Hearing Transcript
- Local Law
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting - 3/13
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 20-231 of the administrative code of the city of New York is hereby amended to read as follows:
b. Items other than newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and prepaid telecommunication or transit cards may be offered for sale from a newsstand [provided] if they are sold for less than [two] five dollars exclusive of taxes[. If]; provided, however, that apparel, jewelry, hair ornaments, handbags and video cassettes shall not be offered for sale from a newsstand and that if food items are [sold] offered for sale, they must be prepackaged.
�2. This local law shall take effect immediately.