Int 0918-2026
Paying sidewalk and roadway cafe revocable consent fees in quarterly installments.
IntroductionLaid OverCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructureintroduced 2026-05-20
Laid over — postponed to a later committee meeting.
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Agenda: 2026-05-20
Summary
This bill would allow sidewalk and roadway cafe operators to pay their annual revocable consent fees in quarterly installments to reduce their upfront costs.
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.
Outlook
8% of similar bills passed
4 passed · 46 died
This bill: 53 days in committee
Similar bills: median 459 days · 86 days when passed
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Sponsors (7)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2026-05-20 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2026-05-20 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2026-06-25 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2026-06-25 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Heard at (2)
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · 2026-06-25 · 10:15 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
City Council · 2026-05-20 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (4)
Full text
Int. No. 918
By Council Members Thomas-Henry, Louis, Feliz, Maloney, Schulman, Wong and Morano
..Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to paying sidewalk and roadway cafe revocable consent fees in quarterly installments
..Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision c of section 19-160.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 121 for the year 2023, is amended to read as follows:
c. A revocable consent for a roadway cafe shall provide for compensation to be paid annually, with the option to pay such compensation in quarterly installments, to the city during the continuance of the consent. Such annual compensation shall be equivalent to the product of the fee rate and the square footage of a roadway cafe. There shall be 4 sectors, as described on the website of the department, provided that sectors 3 and 4 shall only include the area south of and including 125th Street in the borough of Manhattan and the fee rate for sector 1 shall apply to a minimum of 80 percent of the city. The fee rate for each sector shall be as follows:
Sector
Fee Rate
1
$5
2
$8
3
$14
4
$25
� 2. Subdivision h of section 19-160.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 121 for the year 2023, is amended to read as follows:
h. A revocable consent for a sidewalk cafe, or a consent to operate a sidewalk cafe located on a sidewalk widening, shall provide for compensation to be paid annually, with the option to pay such compensation in quarterly installments, to the city during the continuance of the consent. Compensation shall be equivalent to the product of the fee rate and the square footage of a sidewalk cafe. There shall be 4 sectors, as described on the website of the department, provided that sectors 3 and 4 shall only include the area south of and including 125th Street in the borough of Manhattan, and the fee rate for sector 1 shall apply to a minimum of 80 percent of the city. The fee rate for each sector shall be as follows:
Sector
Fee Rate
1
$6
2
$10
3
$18
4
$31
� 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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