Int 0766-2012
License requirements for newsstands.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Consumer Affairsintroduced 2012-02-01
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2012-02-01Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Consumer Affairs — Department of Consumer Affairs
How it compares
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12 passed · 38 died
This bill: 699 days in committee
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Sponsors (10)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2012-02-01 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2012-02-01 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2012-02-01 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 7 of chapter 2 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 20-229.1 to read as follows:
§ 20-229.1 Notice. Within five business days of approving a newsstand license, the commissioner shall notify the affected community board and council member within whose respective district a newsstand shall be located.
§2. Subdivision a of section 20-231 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. 1. No newsstand shall be within three feet of private property without the consent of the owner of that property.
2. No newsstand applying for a new license on or after March 1, 2012 shall be within twenty-five feet of any existing newsstand.
§3. This local law shall take effect immediately upon its enactment.
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