Int 0024-2024

Permitting street vendors to vend within two feet from the curb.

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 allow vendors to place their pushcarts two feet from the curb unless there is an obstruction in or on the sidewalk, in which case it would allow vendors to place their pushcarts as close as possible to the obstruction. Currently, the law requires pushcarts to abut the curb, endangering the safety of vendors who must exit their carts onto the street, and potentially, into oncoming traffic.

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

How it compares

16% of similar bills passed

8 passed · 42 died

This bill: 691 days in committee

Similar bills: median 219 days · 507 days when passed

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Sponsors (20)

Carmen N. De La Rosa(prime)

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams

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. Subdivision a of section 17-315 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: a. No pushcart shall be placed upon any sidewalk unless said sidewalk has at least a twelve foot clear pedestrian path to be measured from the boundary of any private property to any obstruction in or on the sidewalk, or if there are no obstructions, to the curb. [In no event shall any pushcart be placed on any part of a sidewalk other than that which abuts the curb.] All pushcarts on the sidewalk must be placed within two feet from the curb. Where an obstruction prevents such placement, pushcarts must be placed as close as possible to the obstruction. � 2. Subdivision a of section 20-465 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: a. No general vendor shall engage in any vending business on any sidewalk unless such sidewalk has at least a twelve-foot wide clear pedestrian path to be measured from the boundary of any private property to any obstructions in or on the sidewalk, or if there are no obstructions, to the curb. [In no event shall any pushcart or stand be placed on any part of a sidewalk other than that which abuts the curb.] All pushcarts on the sidewalk must be placed within two feet from the curb. Where an obstruction prevents such placement, pushcarts must be placed as close as possible to the obstruction. � 3. This law shall take effect 120 days after it becomes law. SS LS #10985 1/23/24