Int 1504-2025
Prohibiting the sale of glue traps.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Consumer and Worker Protectionintroduced 2025-12-18
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2025-12-18Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would prohibit the sale of rodent glue traps. Any person who sells, offers to sell, or distributes any glue trap would be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection — Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and Office of Nightlife.
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Sponsors (4)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2025-12-18 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Memorandum in Support
- Summary of Int. No. 1504
- Int. No. 1504
- Dedember 18, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-18-25
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 4 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subchapter 17 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER 17
GLUE TRAPS
� 20-699.40 Glue trap prohibition. a. Definitions. For purposes of this subchapter, the term "glue trap" means any device that uses a non-drying adhesive material to capture rodents or other animals larger than a rodent.
b. Prohibited conduct. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute any glue trap.
c. Penalties. Any person that violates subdivision b of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation. Each failure to comply with subdivision b of this section with respect to any one stock keeping unit offered for sale, sold, or distributed constitutes a separate violation.
� 2. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law.
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LS #16637/20426/20928
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