Int 0022-2024

Vending on bridges.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Consumer and Worker Protectionintroduced 2024-02-08

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2024-02-08Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would prohibit general vending and mobile food vending on a bridge approach. It would restrict all general vending and mobile food vending on bridges to elevated pedestrian walkways that have at least a sixteen-foot clear pedestrian path. It would prohibit vending within 20 feet of another pushcart operating on a bridge.

Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection — Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and Office of Nightlife.

How it compares

18% of similar bills passed

9 passed · 41 died

This bill: 691 days in committee

Similar bills: median 228 days · 216 days when passed

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Sponsors (3)

Gale A. Brewer(prime)

Amanda C. Farías

Julie Won

Lifecycle

HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm

2024-01-31 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm

2024-01-31 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2024-02-08 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2024-02-08 · City Council

ClosedFiled (End of Session)

2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

City Council · 2024-02-08 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection · 2024-01-31 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (9)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 17-315 of the administrative code of the city of the New York is amended by adding new subdivisions n, o and p to read as follows: n. No food vendor shall vend on any elevated pedestrian walkway or bicycle lane on a bridge approach. o. No pushcart shall be placed on any elevated pedestrian walkway on a bridge unless said elevated pedestrian walkway has at least a sixteen foot clear pedestrian path to be measured from one side of the walkway to any obstruction in or on the walkway, or if there are no obstructions to the other side of the walkway, such measurement shall not include bicycle lanes. p. No vending pushcart operating on any elevated pedestrian walkway on a bridge shall be within 20 feet of another vending pushcart operating on such elevated pedestrian walkway on a bridge. � 2. Section 20-465 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new subdivisions s, t and u to read as follows: s. No general vendor shall vend on any elevated pedestrian walkway or bicycle lane on a bridge approach. t. No pushcart shall be placed on any elevated pedestrian walkway on a bridge unless said elevated pedestrian walkway has at least a sixteen foot clear pedestrian path to be measured from one side of the walkway to any obstruction in or on the walkway, or if there are no obstructions to the other side of the walkway, such measurement shall not include bicycle lanes. u. No vending pushcart operating on any elevated pedestrian walkway on a bridge shall be within 20 feet of another vending pushcart operating on such elevated pedestrian walkway on a bridge. � 3. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law. SS LS #14985 1/23/24 2 1