Int 1182-2023

Rejecting sidewalk and roadway cafe licenses for food service establishments that violate labor laws.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructureintroduced 2023-09-14

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2023-09-14Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill allows the Department of Transportation to suspend or revoke a restaurant’s license to operate a sidewalk or roadway cafe due to non-compliance with local, state, or federal labor laws. Specifically, the bill requires applicants for sidewalk or roadway café licenses to disclose any labor law violations during the five years prior to the date of application. The bill permits the Commissioner of Transportation to deny an outdoor dining license if the restaurant has had three or more such violations.

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Mass transportation agencies and facilities, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority, and the Department of Design and Construction and matters related to infrastructure projects within New York City.

How it compares

4% of similar bills passed

2 passed · 48 died

This bill: 108 days in committee

Similar bills: median 612 days · 346 days when passed

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Sponsors (6)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2023-09-14 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2023-09-14 · City Council

ClosedFiled (End of Session)

2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2023-09-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 19-160 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision k to read as follows: k. An applicant for a sidewalk cafe or roadway cafe license shall disclose to the department any finding by a court of law or any final agency determination from the 5 years prior to the date of application that the applicant violated any New York city, New York state, or federal law, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to such a law, relating to worker protection, compensation, safety, or discrimination. The commissioner may deny the license based on 3 or more such violations. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. Session 12 ARP LS 10933 8/15/23 1