Find the City Council bills that could add a duty or a lawsuit against your New York City business, and the insurance lines each one touches.
Updated Nov 11, 2026
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Latest action Nov 10, 2026: Signed by mayor
If you own certain residential properties, you must notify HPD and qualified nonprofits before selling, and they get first chance and a right of first refusal to buy.
Disclosure / reporting
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Enacted, Local Law 164 of 2026, Nov 10, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Latest action Nov 7, 2026: Enacted
If road construction hurts your small storefront, you can apply to SBS for low-interest loans or grants to offset losses.
New benefit
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Enacted, Local Law 163 of 2026, Nov 7, 2026
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Enacted as New York City law since 2024, highest exposure first.
You could be sued by anyone claiming gender-motivated violence that you or your business enabled or took part in, including older incidents, within 18 months of the law's effective date.
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Any person claiming to be injured by a party who commits, directs, enables, participates in, or conspires in the commission of a crime of violence motivated by gender may bring a civil claim against that party.
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Enacted, Local Law 50 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees or others may bring claims tied to gender-motivated violence at the workplace.
General liabilityThird-party injury claims could arise from violence enabled on business premises.
If your housing project gets city money, you must pay $40/hour combined ($25 in wages), try to hire 30% NYC residents, and workers can sue you.
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provide for a private right of action for aggrieved workers
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Enacted, Local Law 21 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Employment practices liabilityWorkers can bring wage and benefit claims under the new private right of action.
If you make unsolicited offers on homes that aren't for sale, you must state the estimated market value in writing, or face fines and lawsuits.
People can sueRead the clause
This bill would include a private right of action.
Quoted word for word from the bill text.
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Fines
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Enacted, Local Law 25 of 2025, Mar 15, 2025
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You can't pass your broker fee to tenants if you represent only the landlord, and you must disclose tenant fees in listings and leases or face penalties or suits.
People can sueRead the clause
Any person who violates this bill would be subject to a civil penalty or civil action.
Quoted word for word from the bill text.
New requirement
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Enacted, Local Law 119 of 2024, Dec 13, 2024
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Professional liability / Tech E&OBrokers face claims over improper fee charges and listing disclosures.
Employees could sue you directly in court over alleged sick and safe time violations, within two years, without first filing a city complaint.
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This bill would allow employees who are alleging a violation of their rights under the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to commence a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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Enacted, Local Law 22 of 2024, Jan 20, 2024
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Employment practices liabilityAdds employee lawsuits over leave and sick time violations.
You must put HIGH SODIUM warning symbols on menu items with 2,300 mg or more of sodium, plus very high sodium warnings, or face fines.
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Fines
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Enacted, Local Law 148 of 2026, Oct 10, 2026
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You must show city-designated added sugar warning icons and statements on menus and displays for high-sugar items, or face fines after a first warning.
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Fines
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Enacted, Local Law 150 of 2026, Oct 10, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you own a 1- or 2-family home in a low-density district, your outdoor lights can't exceed 1 footcandle at the property line or you risk a fine.
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Enacted, Local Law 151 of 2026, Oct 10, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Your tobacco or e-cigarette dealer license can be denied renewal, suspended, or revoked if you sell cannabis without proper authorization.
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Enacted, Local Law 152 of 2026, Oct 10, 2026
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You must keep your sidewalk or roadway cafe clear of trash, debris, graffiti, vermin and food scraps, or face fines of $200 to $500.
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Enacted, Local Law 144 of 2026, Sep 12, 2026
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General liabilitySanitation and pest conditions at outdoor cafes affect customer and third-party premises exposure.
If you organize a large World Cup event on city land, the city may require you to provide, staff and clean public bathrooms as a permit condition.
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Enacted, Local Law 106 of 2026, Jun 13, 2026
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General liabilityCrowd bathroom access, sanitation and accessibility duties add premises-safety exposure for event organizers.
If you own newsracks, you must give DOT your email, keep them cleaned and repainted, and could be cited for violations or have racks treated as abandoned.
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Enacted, Local Law 72 of 2026, Mar 27, 2026
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General liabilityNewsracks on public sidewalks carry third-party injury and property exposure; upkeep rules change that.
If you bid on city contracts or use subcontractors, giving false qualification or subcontractor information could cost you $1,000 to $25,000 per violation.
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Enacted, Local Law 67 of 2026, Mar 14, 2026
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Directors & officersRegulatory penalties for false statements may be pursued against company management.
You can't deactivate high-volume for-hire drivers without just cause or a bona fide economic reason, and you must give notice and face reinstatement and back pay.
New requirement
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Enacted, Local Law 52 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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Employment practices liabilityDrivers can claim wrongful deactivation and seek reinstatement and back pay.
More street vendor licenses become available, but vendors face higher fines, possible suspension or revocation after 3 violations, and a duty to keep their area clean.
New benefit
Fines
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New requirement
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Enacted, Local Law 54 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you sit on a co-op board, you must acknowledge sale applications within 15 days and decide within 45 days or face HPD fines.
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Enacted, Local Law 58 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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Directors & officersCo-op boards face regulatory penalties and claims over sale approval delays.
If you employ security guards, you must pay them at least the public building service contract minimum wage, vacation and supplemental benefits, and face city and worker enforcement.
You can't deactivate delivery workers without just cause or economic reasons, and you must use progressive discipline and give notice.
New requirement
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Fines
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Enacted, Local Law 34 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Employment practices liabilityWorkers can challenge deactivations and win reinstatement and lost earnings.
If your building has 10+ units and uses street containers, you must train staff and supply protective gear, and may owe up to $55 per unit yearly.
New requirement
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Enacted, Local Law 180 of 2025, Dec 12, 2025
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Workers' compensationRequired staff training and protective gear for handling refuse containers.
You must give occupants 60 days' notice before raising self-storage fees and must explain any termination, or face fines up to $1,000.
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Enacted, Local Law 162 of 2025, Nov 28, 2025
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you sell firearms, you must display DOHMH's graphic warning images next to the required written warnings or face $5,000 to $10,000 fines.
Fines
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Enacted, Local Law 164 of 2025, Nov 28, 2025
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Self-storage facilities must now get a DCWP license, while licensed storage warehouses no longer need to post a bond.
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Enacted, Local Law 171 of 2025, Nov 28, 2025
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No specific insurance line tagged.
You must inspect steam radiators every two years in apartments with kids under 6 and common areas, fix defects fast, and keep records or face fines.
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Enacted, Local Law 151 of 2025, Nov 8, 2025
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General liabilityRadiator hazards could injure tenants, and the bill sets inspection and repair deadlines.
Commercial propertyOwners must repair or replace building heating equipment on set deadlines.
You can get a stormwater construction permit before recording the maintenance easement, but fines for stormwater violations can now reach $15,000.
New benefit
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Enacted, Local Law 150 of 2025, Oct 25, 2025
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Delivery riders must take a powered-bike and battery safety course, and your delivery license can be suspended or revoked if you don't provide safety gear.
License / permit condition
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Enacted, Local Law 133 of 2025, Oct 10, 2025
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Commercial autoBusinesses using bicycles for deliveries face new safety rules.
Workers' compensationMandatory safety training and gear for delivery workers affect injury exposure.
You may not sell or distribute menstrual or intimate care products with listed harmful ingredients, and each violation can cost up to $250.
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Enacted, Local Law 136 of 2025, Oct 10, 2025
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Product liabilitySelling products with restricted ingredients increases exposure for harm from goods you sell.
Street vendors no longer face misdemeanor charges; unlicensed or other violations bring civil fines or penalties instead.
New benefit
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Enacted, Local Law 122 of 2025, Sep 10, 2025
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you use contracted delivery workers, you must follow minimum pay, pre-acceptance disclosure, bag, fire safety and toilet access rules, and face enforcement.
Fines
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Enacted, Local Law 123 of 2025, Sep 10, 2025
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Employment practices liabilityPay and worker protection rules expand claims exposure from delivery workers.
If you offer immigration assistance services, fines for violations jump to $5,000–$20,000, and ads with images must carry the required notice of services you can't provide.
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Enacted, Local Law 101 of 2025, Jul 30, 2025
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Delivery apps may charge restaurants an extra 20% for enhanced services if they offer a basic tier, and must send fee notices and monthly itemized statements.
New benefit
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Fines
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Enacted
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Enacted, Local Law 79 of 2025, May 31, 2025
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Façade-repair sidewalk sheds get 3-month permits, and you could face DOB penalties if the shed stays up because repairs are late; renewals need work documentation.
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Enacted, Local Law 48 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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Commercial propertyTimelines for façade repairs on owned buildings are tightened.
General liabilitySheds over public sidewalks relate to pedestrian safety exposure.
If you own a building under façade inspection rules, you face new penalties for missing repair filing and completion deadlines, though you can request extensions.
Fines
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Enacted, Local Law 51 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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Commercial propertyFaçade repair deadlines and penalties affect owners' building maintenance obligations and costs.
New electrical code standards apply to your electrical work, and electricians and contractors face updated licensing, permitting, enforcement and penalty rules like other DOB-licensed trades.
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Enacted, Local Law 128 of 2024, Dec 21, 2024
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Commercial propertyUpdated electrical code changes building electrical systems, wiring and fire safety standards.
General liabilityElectrical work standards affect third-party injury and property damage exposure.
You must get a hotel license ($350, two years), staff the front desk and security, clean rooms daily, directly employ core staff, and provide panic buttons and training.
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Enacted, Local Law 104 of 2024, Nov 4, 2024
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Workers' compensationPanic buttons and trafficking training mandates affect employee safety at work.
Employment practices liabilityDirect employment mandate changes employment relationships and related claims.
General liabilityRequired security coverage and room cleanliness relate to guest premises safety.
If a risk-based inspection cites your building, you must post a corrective plan in 10 days, fix defects in 30, and can't get non-emergency permits until façade fixes are done.
Disclosure / reporting
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Fines
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Enacted, Local Law 79 of 2024, Jul 20, 2024
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Commercial propertyFaster façade and structural corrections raise building repair obligations and permit-blocking risk.
General liabilityStructural and façade hazards create third-party injury and damage exposure.
Commercial, manufacturing and industrial buildings face littering fines rising to $500 for a third violation within 12 months.
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Enacted, Local Law 67 of 2024, Jun 22, 2024
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you own a parking structure, your Department of Buildings violation penalties would be doubled.
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Enacted, Local Law 70 of 2024, Jun 22, 2024
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Ad tablet companies must pay for-hire drivers at least 25% of tablet ad revenue, and the interior advertising company license fee is set at $500.
New requirement
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Enacted, Local Law 56 of 2024, Apr 6, 2024
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If you sell e-bikes, e-scooters or similar devices, you must post lithium-ion battery safety information in your store and online or face $150 to $350 fines per violation.
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Enacted, Local Law 49 of 2024, Mar 29, 2024
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Product liabilityBattery safety warnings relate to harm from devices you sell.
If you sell, lease or rent e-bikes or mobility devices, you must keep certification records and show lab certification online, with higher penalties and possible sealing of premises.
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Enacted, Local Law 50 of 2024, Mar 29, 2024
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Product liabilitySellers of powered devices face stricter certification and enforcement exposure.
If you run a mobile car wash, you could be fined $100 a day for operating unlicensed, and your vehicle and equipment could be towed and forfeited.
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Enacted, Local Law 32 of 2024, Jan 20, 2024
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Commercial autoVehicles used for mobile car washes can be towed, stored, and forfeited.
For-hire vehicles can carry approved ad tablets, drivers get 25% of revenue and can't be forced to install them, and tablet suppliers need a TLC license.
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New requirement
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Enacted, Local Law 33 of 2024, Jan 20, 2024
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Commercial autoTablets installed in for-hire vehicles change vehicle equipment and driver rules.
If you run a pro or college sports venue, you must let fans bring in reusable metal bottles or face penalties.
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Enacted, Local Law 35 of 2024, Jan 20, 2024
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General liabilityOutside containers entering venues may change attendee injury and premises risk.
If HPD gets complaints about an unoccupied unit causing hazards elsewhere, you must schedule an HPD inspection within 21 days or face violations.
New requirement
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Enacted, Local Law 1 of 2024, Jan 6, 2024
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Commercial propertyHazardous conditions in vacant units may trigger violations and require repairs to building.
Your business vehicles could be caught by noise cameras and you could get a notice of violation and fine for exceeding noise limits.
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Enacted, Local Law 7 of 2024, Jan 6, 2024
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Commercial autoFleet and delivery vehicles face new automated noise violations and fines.
Latest action Nov 10, 2026: Signed by mayor
If you own certain residential properties, you must notify HPD and qualified nonprofits before selling, and they get first chance and a right of first refusal to buy.
Disclosure / reporting
New requirement
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Stage 7 of 7: Enacted
Enacted, Local Law 164 of 2026, Nov 10, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Latest action Nov 7, 2026: Enacted
If road construction hurts your small storefront, you can apply to SBS for low-interest loans or grants to offset losses.
New benefit
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Stage 7 of 7: Enacted
Enacted, Local Law 163 of 2026, Nov 7, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Building setback limits along part of Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn go away, giving owners and developers more freedom on where to build.
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Enacted, Local Law 159 of 2026, Oct 24, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
Owners of eligible co-ops, condos and affordable rentals can claim a J-51 abatement for qualifying work, but you must follow tenant protections or risk losing it.
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Enacted, Local Law 160 of 2026, Oct 24, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you do street work under a DOT permit, you must post notice signs at each end of the block at least 48 hours before the work starts.
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Enacted, Local Law 153 of 2026, Oct 10, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you own buildings tied to past harassment findings or denied certifications, they can be added to the HPD list, and you must post tenant notice of a CONH application.
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Enacted, Local Law 138 of 2026, Sep 12, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you run a year-round sidewalk cafe, you can enclose it each year from November 30 through March 31 and use approved weather protection materials at other times.
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Enacted, Local Law 143 of 2026, Sep 12, 2026
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General liabilityEnclosed sidewalk structures change customer injury and premises exposure.
Commercial propertySeasonal enclosures add structures and equipment to insure.
You can pay your annual sidewalk or roadway cafe revocable consent fee in quarterly installments instead of all upfront.
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Enacted, Local Law 145 of 2026, Sep 12, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you owe old Environmental Control Board judgments, you can settle them during a 90-day window by paying the base penalty or 75 percent, with no interest.
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Enacted, Local Law 147 of 2026, Sep 12, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
You could run a roadway cafe year-round with weatherproofing materials, but no rule may let you operate past 11 PM.
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Enacted, Local Law 135 of 2026, Aug 31, 2026
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General liabilityYear-round roadway seating and winterizing structures raise customer injury exposure.
New businesses may be able to join a city program that coordinates inspections and plan reviews so you can open faster.
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Enacted, Local Law 132 of 2026, Aug 18, 2026
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If you are a partner or sole proprietor paying city unincorporated business tax, you get a smaller credit against your city personal income tax, so you pay more.
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Enacted, Local Law 133 of 2026, Aug 18, 2026
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If DSNY newly designates your establishment, you must separate and dispose of organic waste by mid-2027, and your carter must give you food donation information.
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Enacted, Local Law 118 of 2026, Jul 30, 2026
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Small retail businesses could get city financial help to buy and install security system technology.
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Enacted, Local Law 120 of 2026, Jul 30, 2026
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You no longer have to replace your security grille with one that is 70% see-through by July 1, 2026, if your building is Group B or M.
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Enacted, Local Law 123 of 2026, Jul 30, 2026
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If your property is in the Fulton Street BID, the way your district charge is calculated will change, which could change what you pay.
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Enacted, Local Law 101 of 2026, May 30, 2026
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you operate bus shelters, bike share stations or public communications structures, you may be told to clean them or clear snow and ice, and face enforcement if you don't.
New requirement
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Enacted, Local Law 79 of 2026, Apr 9, 2026
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General liabilityUncleared snow, ice or dirt on structures can cause slip-and-fall injuries to the public.
You can rent out a cellar ancillary dwelling unit in newly built one- or two-family homes, as is already allowed in existing homes.
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Enacted, Local Law 80 of 2026, Apr 9, 2026
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If you hold a city contract over $100,000, you must self-certify no conflicts or misconduct and report any found within 10 business days.
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Enacted, Local Law 55 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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Directors & officersOfficers attest to no misconduct or conflicts, creating personal and regulatory exposure.
More mobile food vendor and general vendor license applications can be issued until the cap is reached, so you may be able to get a license if there is demand.
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Enacted, Local Law 59 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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Until August 30, 2026, sanitation provider rules on receptacles and litter basket placement apply only if you got City Council funding or didn't apply for a receptacle siting by March 1, 2026.
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Enacted, Local Law 60 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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If you buy city tax liens, you must regularly bill the property owner and can't foreclose on owner-occupied one-family homes until a year passes and the lien hits set thresholds.
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Enacted, Local Law 62 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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If you buy city tax liens, you must make best efforts to transfer them to the land bank and report any obstacles to the City.
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Enacted, Local Law 65 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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If you build or own rental housing financed by HPD, half the units must be affordable to very low-income households, including at least 30% for extremely low-income.
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Enacted, Local Law 66 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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If you own a tenant-occupied building, you must provide cooling that holds 78°F in bedrooms on tenant request by 2030, and run owner-controlled systems June 15 to Sept 15.
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Enacted, Local Law 23 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Commercial propertyNew cooling systems and installation or maintenance duties change building-systems exposure.
You may be able to park for-hire vehicles in commercial metered areas during a one-year city pilot program.
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Enacted, Local Law 24 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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If you operate a contracted ferry terminal, you must post schedules, fares and ticket information in English, Spanish and other locally relevant languages.
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Enacted, Local Law 28 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Alterations to existing buildings will follow a new Existing Building Code, with stricter structural stability checks and a new simplified home improvement permit.
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Enacted, Local Law 33 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Commercial propertyNew code changes alteration and maintenance requirements for existing buildings.
General liabilityStructural assessment rules affect third-party injury and damage exposure from alterations.
Building, electrical and elevator inspection and code provisions are being changed to match the existing building code, so your construction and building work must follow the updated rules.
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Enacted, Local Law 42 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Commercial propertyChanges to building code and inspection rules affect building systems and elevators of owned property.
A new Coney Island BID would be created, so property owners in the district would pay BID assessments and receive its services.
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Enacted, Local Law 43 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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New construction and renovation in the city must meet the updated 2025 energy code, with some NYC-specific changes, so plan for design and cost changes.
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Enacted, Local Law 47 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Commercial propertyUpdated energy code changes building system requirements for new and renovated properties.
Your site safety workers must complete 2 credits on mental health, suicide prevention and substance misuse to get a card, with a one-year renewal grace period.
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Enacted, Local Law 10 of 2026, Jan 3, 2026
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Workers' compensationAdds site safety training mandates tied to worker wellbeing.
If you hold a covered DHS or criminal justice contract, you would get at least 25% of annual value upfront each quarter starting July 2027.
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Enacted, Local Law 11 of 2026, Jan 3, 2026
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Above-ground tanks on your property in a 10-year rainfall flood risk area must be elevated under the building code.
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Enacted, Local Law 12 of 2026, Jan 3, 2026
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Commercial propertyTank elevation standards affect flood exposure of building systems on owned property.
Fines for non-hazardous awning and accessory sign violations are paused for three years, including signs installed before February 2025, with fee-waived permit help continuing.
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Enacted, Local Law 15 of 2026, Jan 3, 2026
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If you place a preauthorization hold on fuel sales, you must post a notice at your payment point explaining the hold, its amount and how customers can avoid it.
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Enacted, Local Law 196 of 2025, Dec 25, 2025
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You must display a gender-based violence resource poster, which the city provides free, if you run a hair, nail, or skincare salon.
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Enacted, Local Law 198 of 2025, Dec 25, 2025
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You must give homeowners a written statement of which permits their job needs, who gets them, and how to check their status before work starts.
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Enacted, Local Law 181 of 2025, Dec 12, 2025
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Fewer licenses, fingerprinting requirements, surety bonds and replacement fees apply to many licensed businesses like locksmiths, secondhand dealers and process servers.
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Enacted, Local Law 183 of 2025, Dec 12, 2025
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Your Lincoln Square BID charge may be calculated differently, and the district could provide additional services.
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Enacted, Local Law 186 of 2025, Dec 12, 2025
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If you have more than 200 employees working in NYC, you must file an annual pay data report with demographic and job information.
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Enacted, Local Law 173 of 2025, Dec 4, 2025
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Employment practices liabilityReported pay data by demographics may prompt pay discrimination claims.
You must give customers an itemized statement of charges before providing tax services and an itemized receipt afterward, in both paper and electronic form.
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Enacted, Local Law 168 of 2025, Nov 28, 2025
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If you own a building with a cooling tower, you must test it for microbes monthly in use season and apply biocide treatment in warm weather.
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Enacted, Local Law 159 of 2025, Nov 8, 2025
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Commercial propertyAdds required maintenance and treatment of building cooling systems.
General liabilityLegionella exposure could cause illness claims from third parties.
Gas piping inspections must be done by a licensed master plumber or a journeyman under one's supervision, and inspections now cover appliance connections.
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Enacted, Local Law 142 of 2025, Oct 25, 2025
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Commercial propertyBroader gas piping inspections and appliance connection checks affect building systems.
General liabilityPlumbing and gas work scope changes affect third-party injury and damage exposure.
Unlawful evictions would count as tenant harassment, so you must not evict tenants unlawfully or you risk harassment findings.
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Enacted, Local Law 144 of 2025, Oct 25, 2025
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You must give employees 32 extra hours of unpaid safe/sick time and let them use sick time for more reasons, such as child care and legal proceedings.
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Enacted, Local Law 145 of 2025, Oct 25, 2025
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Employment practices liabilityExpanded leave rights raise the chance of employee leave and retaliation claims.
If you run a regulated child care program, you must give parents the city's rights information when they enroll their child.
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Enacted, Local Law 129 of 2025, Sep 13, 2025
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If you run a third-party grocery delivery service, you must pay grocery delivery workers at least the city's minimum pay rate for delivery workers.
If you run a food or grocery delivery service, you must offer customers a tip option of at least 10 percent of the purchase price on every order.
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Enacted, Local Law 107 of 2025, Aug 13, 2025
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If you run a delivery app, you must offer customers a chance to tip the worker before or when the order is placed.
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Enacted, Local Law 108 of 2025, Aug 13, 2025
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If you own a building under a vacate order and want to demolish it, you must first document the steps you took to fix the related violations.
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Enacted, Local Law 110 of 2025, Aug 13, 2025
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You must pay contracted delivery workers within 7 days of each pay period and give them an itemized pay statement, keeping copies for three years.
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Enacted, Local Law 113 of 2025, Aug 13, 2025
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Employment practices liabilityPay timing and statement rules create wage-related claim exposure from delivery workers.
Any e-bike your delivery workers use must be lab-certified, and you can't make workers buy one, unless you fund a trade-in or rental program.
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Enacted, Local Law 95 of 2025, Jul 30, 2025
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Commercial autoDelivery e-bikes used for your business must meet certification standards.
Workers' compensationSafer e-bikes change injury exposure for delivery workers.
You can use new city-designated overnight curbside parking for commercial trucks in industrial business zones, giving fleets a place to park legally.
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Enacted, Local Law 96 of 2025, Jul 30, 2025
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Commercial autoFleet vehicles may be parked curbside overnight in these zones, changing vehicle exposure.
The natural gas alarm requirement for dwelling units is delayed to 2027 at the earliest, and possibly to 2029.
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Enacted, Local Law 102 of 2025, Jul 30, 2025
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Commercial propertyDelays installation of gas safety alarms in owned buildings' dwelling units.
You can now use approved City Canvas artwork on sidewalk shed parapet panels instead of only a solid acceptable color.
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Enacted, Local Law 103 of 2025, Jul 30, 2025
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The TLC could not require you to carry no-fault insurance above 200 percent of the state minimum on your licensed vehicles, which may lower your premiums.
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Enacted, Local Law 90 of 2025, Jul 1, 2025
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Commercial autoCaps the no-fault coverage the TLC can require on licensed for-hire vehicles.
If you hold a city food service contract of $1M or more in the pilot, you must collect customer feedback surveys on food quality, taste and cultural relevance.
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Enacted, Local Law 85 of 2025, Jun 27, 2025
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If you own a building with rent stabilized units, you must post an English and Spanish sign in the entrance common area about how tenants can check unit status.
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Enacted, Local Law 86 of 2025, Jun 27, 2025
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You must display a sign on every rear passenger door of your taxi or for-hire vehicle warning riders to check for cyclists, and the TLC supplies the signs free.
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Enacted, Local Law 78 of 2025, May 31, 2025
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Commercial autoNew vehicle display duty applies to taxis and for-hire vehicles and relates to door-opening cyclist collisions.
You can't take off or land non-essential helicopter flights at city-run heliports unless the aircraft meets federal noise standards.
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Enacted, Local Law 64 of 2025, May 24, 2025
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If someone sues you over gender-affirming care you provide, you can sue them back under an expanded city right of action.
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Enacted, Local Law 72 of 2025, May 24, 2025
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Sidewalk sheds must be at least 12 feet high with larger lighting, and shed and fence colors follow new rules, which can change your build and rental costs.
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Enacted, Local Law 47 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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General liabilityShed height and lighting standards affect pedestrian safety on public sidewalks.
Commercial propertyShed design and containment netting rules affect structures installed at owned buildings.
Building owners will inspect their facades less often, every 6 to 12 years instead of every 5, and the first inspection of a new building moves to year eight.
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Enacted, Local Law 49 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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Commercial propertyLess frequent façade inspections change how façade conditions are monitored on owned buildings.
You must upgrade sidewalk shed lighting to LED at 90 lumens per watt and shield fixtures near apartment windows to prevent light spill.
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Enacted, Local Law 50 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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General liabilityBetter shed lighting and glare shielding bear on pedestrian safety and neighbor light-trespass claims.
If your property is in the Madison Avenue BID, the way your district charge is calculated will change and the BID can spend more.
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Enacted, Local Law 8 of 2025, Jan 18, 2025
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You can no longer sell dogs or cats in your pet shop, and the city's old pet shop recordkeeping and standards rules for them are repealed.
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Enacted, Local Law 132 of 2024, Dec 21, 2024
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Eligible condo, co-op and affordable rental owners can recover part of renovation costs through the J-51 abatement, but must follow tenant protections or lose benefits.
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Enacted, Local Law 122 of 2024, Dec 18, 2024
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If you own a building with an old basement or cellar unit, you can apply to legalize it, but returning tenants get a right of first refusal.
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Enacted, Local Law 126 of 2024, Dec 18, 2024
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Commercial propertyLegalizing and altering basement units affects building systems and occupancy of owned property.
If you build or own a one- or two-family home with an ancillary unit, it must meet new utility, egress, fire safety and flood-area rules.
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Enacted, Local Law 127 of 2024, Dec 18, 2024
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Commercial propertyFire separation, sprinklers, and egress requirements change building system standards.
If you distribute publications from sidewalk newsracks, you must meet new DOT size, shape, material and placement standards and get notice of changed rules.
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Enacted, Local Law 120 of 2024, Dec 13, 2024
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General liabilityNewsrack construction and sidewalk placement standards relate to sidewalk obstruction and third-party injury.
If you are a city contractor, you can request and get a written explanation within 30 days when the agency denies your proposed subcontractor.
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Enacted, Local Law 105 of 2024, Nov 9, 2024
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If you bid on city contracts, you would gain a formal way to protest agency procurement decisions, except accelerated, emergency and small purchases.
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Enacted, Local Law 107 of 2024, Nov 9, 2024
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You must give every new hire your written lactation room policy and keep it available at your workplace and on your intranet, if you have one.
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Enacted, Local Law 109 of 2024, Nov 9, 2024
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees may claim lactation accommodation failures or missing policy distribution.
You may paint approved or alternative artwork directly on your sidewalk shed or construction fence and keep it up while the permit is valid.
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Enacted, Local Law 111 of 2024, Nov 9, 2024
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If your property is in the new Cypress Hills Fulton BID, you will be assessed district charges to fund its services.
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Enacted, Local Law 96 of 2024, Oct 12, 2024
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If you own property in the expanded Long Island City BID area, you may pay district assessments under a new formula and a higher annual budget.
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Enacted, Local Law 97 of 2024, Oct 12, 2024
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If you own a Class 2 building that appears on the tax lien sale list, expect HPD inspections at least twice in four years; some owners get new deferral and exit options.
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Enacted, Local Law 82 of 2024, Jul 30, 2024
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If you own a parking structure, you must get condition assessments every four years and follow-up assessments within two years after a repair-or-monitor finding.
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Enacted, Local Law 71 of 2024, Jun 22, 2024
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Commercial propertyMore frequent inspections may uncover structural repairs to owned garages.
General liabilityStructural safety findings affect third-party injury exposure at parking structures.
Any clause in your employment agreements that shortens the time employees have to file discrimination or harassment claims will be void and unenforceable.
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Enacted, Local Law 62 of 2024, May 11, 2024
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees keep full time to bring discrimination and harassment claims despite contract limits.
Cruise terminal operators must require ships that can use shore power to plug in while docked, when available, safe and practicable.
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Enacted, Local Law 54 of 2024, Apr 6, 2024
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If your DCWP-licensed garage or lot has 10+ spaces, you must install EV chargers in 20% of spots by 2035, unless you get a waiver.
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Enacted, Local Law 55 of 2024, Apr 6, 2024
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If you run a mobile food cart, you can display or store goods on top of it, and vendors no longer have to keep the old bookkeeping records.
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Enacted, Local Law 51 of 2024, Mar 29, 2024
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Food cart and truck employees no longer each need a state sales tax certificate, and you skip the tax clearance certificate when renewing your license.
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Enacted, Local Law 52 of 2024, Mar 29, 2024
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You may not vend from or occupy a bicycle lane with your vending activity if you are a general or mobile food vendor.
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Enacted, Local Law 53 of 2024, Mar 29, 2024
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Rent stabilization rules stay in force for your regulated apartments until April 2027 instead of expiring in 2024.
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Enacted, Local Law 47 of 2024, Mar 25, 2024
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You can't consider an applicant's criminal record until after other qualifications, and you must give a written reason if you reject for reviewable history.
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Enacted, Local Law 24 of 2024, Jan 20, 2024
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If you hold human services contracts with the city, your employees must complete anti-racism training every year, or you can run your own approved curriculum.
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Enacted, Local Law 13 of 2024, Jan 6, 2024
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Horse drawn cab licenses expire May 31, 2028 with no renewal, and you must humanely dispose of carriage horses without selling them for slaughter.
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More senior and disabled tenants will qualify for rent increase exemptions, so you may be unable to raise rent on more units, retroactive to July 1, 2026.
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You can't use algorithms and customers' personal data to charge different customers different prices for the same item; bona fide discounts are still allowed.
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Next hearing Thu, Nov 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection, 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3. Agenda
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Cyber & privacyRestricts use of customer personal data in pricing algorithms.
If you lease storefront space, you must give a written lease, renewal terms and premises information, and face court penalties and damages for violations; tenants gain protections.
People can sueRead the clause
The bill would permit a court to impose civil penalties and award damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees and court costs for failure to comply with these requirements.
Quoted word for word from the bill text.
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If you own a generative AI system, you must block depictions of officials or candidates who notify you, or face fines and injunctions.
People can sueRead the clause
An elected official or candidate can also seek injunctive relief prohibiting use of their image.
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Product liabilityHarm from AI-generated media of officials is tied to the model you make available.
If you make an AI model available, people harmed by third-party misuse could sue you if the harm was foreseeable and you lacked reasonable safeguards.
People can sueRead the clause
This bill would create a private right of action against companies that make artificial intelligence models available for commercial or public use
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Product liabilityNew lawsuits for harms caused by AI models you make available.
Professional liability / Tech E&OClaims alleging failure to implement reasonable safeguards in tech services.
Cyber & privacyMalicious misuse of models may involve data and security harms.
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Fines for idling trucks and buses go up, with steeper penalties for repeat violations within 3 years.
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Commercial autoHigher idling fines raise the cost of operating business vehicles and fleets.
You can be fined for dirty sidewalks in front of your business during your posted hours of operation, and other commercial premises can be fined for littering.
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You could not sell or rent class three electric-assist bikes in NYC, and violations can cost up to $2,000 in civil penalties.
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Product liabilityLimits which e-bike models you can sell or rent, changing product exposure.
You can't schedule home care aides for shifts over 12 hours or more than 56 hours a week without their written opt-in, and you must give them a rights notice.
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Employment practices liabilityScheduling and hour-limit violations can lead to employee claims and penalties.
Workers' compensationLimits on long shifts relate to fatigue and workplace injury risk.
If you run a grocery or a store with a pharmacy and take credit or debit cards, you must accept flexible benefit cards or risk fines.
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If you run a warehouse that delivers to NYC consumers, you must get a city license and meet safety, training and employment conditions.
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Workers' compensationSafety and training conditions for warehouse workers.
Employment practices liabilityEmployment requirements and worker enforcement options.
General liabilityFacility safety conditions tied to the license.
You can be fined if you sell or distribute fraudulent license plates, including fraudulent temporary plates.
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To remove a city-owned tree, your permit application must name a certified arborist, and only that arborist may do the removal.
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General liabilityTree removal work can cause third-party injury or property damage.
If you sponsor a permitted street activity, you must handle waste and recycling, submit a compliance plan, and make sure food vendors give out single-use items only on request.
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You must give employees unpaid leave for bone marrow or living organ donation, and you can face penalties if you don't.
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees could bring leave-denial or retaliation claims.
Your building could be inspected for required street numbers, and you could face enforcement if they're missing, including after a 311 complaint.
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You must file a construction waste plan with your building permit application, follow it, and risk fines or contractor license loss if you don't.
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If you arrange or facilitate deliveries of goods in NYC, you must get a business license from DCWP and meet its license conditions.
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Commercial autoLicensed delivery operations involve vehicles and couriers used for the business.
If you run a pedicab business, your pedicabs need meters and scannable plates, and drivers need DCWP safety training yearly to get or renew a license.
General liabilityPassenger safety training and rules affect third-party injury exposure.
Pedicab businesses and drivers will get licensed and regulated by the TLC instead of DCWP, so you must follow new TLC rules and licensing.
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Commercial autoPedicab fleets face a new regulator, and TLC will study ways to lower pedicab insurance premiums.
You must carry liability insurance covering e-bike and powered-device accidents involving your delivery workers, or you can't get or keep your city license.
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Commercial autoRequires coverage for accidents involving delivery workers on e-bikes and powered devices.
General liabilityMandates liability coverage for third-party injury from delivery accidents.
If you run a licensed third-party food delivery service, you must file annual safety reports and submit a safety plan with each license application or renewal.
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Commercial autoReporting and plans cover safety incidents involving delivery workers on the road.
Workers' compensationReports must cover worker deaths and serious injuries and training policies.
If your property has a cooling tower that isn't properly registered or certified, you could get a violation and must disinfect it, or stop using it if vacant.
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Commercial propertyCooling tower systems on owned property must be disinfected or shut down after violations.
General liabilityDisinfection duties address Legionella-type health risks to third parties.
You can't market, sell, or deploy an AI model in NYC without third-party validation and a human shut-down capability, with penalties up to $25,000 per instance.
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Product liabilitySafety validation and shut-down requirements affect liability for AI models sold or deployed.
Professional liability / Tech E&OValidators and developers face exposure for errors or falsified validation.
Cyber & privacyValidation covers data privacy and involves Cyber Command disclosures.
Anyone can file a complaint over your AI practices, and you could face agency investigation and penalties, with the complainant earning a share of proceeds.
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Directors & officersIncreased regulatory actions against management from complaint-driven enforcement.
If you operate shared e-bikes or e-scooters, you must install sidewalk riding detection and deceleration features, with fines up to $1,000 for repeat violations.
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Commercial autoFleet vehicle equipment mandates for share-system e-bikes and scooters.
Product liabilityDeceleration features alter safety exposure for vehicles you provide.
General liabilitySidewalk riding injuries to pedestrians may involve operators.
Class 3 e-bikes would be banned on city streets, so couriers or staff riding them could face fines and impoundment, which could affect your delivery operations.
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Commercial autoWorkers using class 3 e-bikes for deliveries face fines and impoundment of bikes.
Your ads for an AI model must say whether a third party validated it and can't include false or misleading safety claims, or you risk up to $25,000 in penalties.
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Product liabilityMisleading safety claims about AI models raise exposure for harms from models sold.
Directors & officersRegulatory penalties may target management over deceptive advertising.
If a vehicle your business owns racks up 16 school-zone speeding violations in a year, you must put speed-limiting devices on every vehicle you own.
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Commercial autoFleet vehicles may be required to carry speed-limiting devices and face registration suspension.
If you own vacant commercial space in a qualifying area, you could get city money to upgrade it for child care use.
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Your pedicab drivers may not park, stop, stand, or pick up or drop off passengers within 50 feet of any Theatre District theatre entrance or exit.
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Commercial autoPedicab operations are restricted in a defined zone, changing how business vehicles may operate.
You may now build shared housing rooming units in new or converted class A multiple dwellings, which was not previously permitted.
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If your sidewalk shed or scaffolding damages a city-owned tree, you must repair or replace it within six months.
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General liabilityCovers property damage to city-owned trees caused by your equipment.
If you operate pedicabs, the ride timer must be placed and visible according to new rules.
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Commercial autoChanges equipment requirements for vehicles operated for the business.
If you operate a licensed delivery service, you will likely have to retain your delivery data once the related licensing law takes effect.
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Cyber & privacyRetaining delivery records means storing data that could be breached.
If you sell mopeds, you must hand out city-developed operation and ownership materials to buyers at the point of sale.
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If you use bikes, e-bikes, mopeds or motorcycles for deliveries, you must give workers safety gear, ID and safety info, and keep records of them.
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Commercial autoExpands safety duties for bikes, mopeds and motorcycles used in your deliveries.
Workers' compensationSafety equipment and info duties relate to delivery worker injuries.
Discrimination based on sex characteristics, including intersex traits, is clearly covered as gender discrimination, so you must not treat people differently on that basis.
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Employment practices liabilityClarifies discrimination claims by employees and applicants can cover intersex traits.
If a tenant is diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, you must give tenants shower hoses and the city's information materials within 24 hours of notice.
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General liabilityTenant health exposure and failure-to-comply claims tied to building water systems.
You can't use facial or other biometric recognition to identify customers, and you must give notice, get written consent, and protect any biometric data you collect.
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Cyber & privacyBiometric data collection, consent, and protection duties raise data-privacy and breach exposure.
If you run shared bikes or scooters, you must show rules of the road in your app and at stations, and make users review them each year before unlocking.
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General liabilityRider safety rules and required reviews bear on injury claims from shared device use.
You could not hold or win city contracts if your business engages in immigration enforcement, and this would apply to your existing city contracts.
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If you hold a city home-delivered meals contract, you must deliver a meal to each authorized older adult every day, 365 days a year.
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Commercial autoSeven-day delivery increases vehicle use for meal delivery.
You won't pay any fees on a street crane permit application when the crane is for a solar installation.
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Community composters can charge the public for drop-off organic waste collection and sell the compost they make, once DSNY adopts rules.
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Commercial waste haulers and the businesses they serve can use city marine and rail transfer stations to dispose of commercial waste.
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If you run a third-party food delivery service, you must verify the registration of mopeds that your delivery workers use.
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Commercial autoVehicles used for deliveries must be verified as registered, changing fleet compliance exposure.
You must put at least two kids' meals meeting nutrition standards on your children's menu, drop flavored milk, and serve smaller juice portions with kids' meals.
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You can apply to a city pilot that matches your small business with a social media content creator for marketing help.
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You must post wage theft complaint and worker rights information, in multiple languages, at your construction sites.
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You can't install or use facial or other biometric recognition to identify tenants or their guests in your multiple dwelling.
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Cyber & privacyRestricts collection and use of tenants' biometric data.
If you run a social media platform, you must cap NYC youth at 1 hour a day without parental waiver and stop targeted ads and content to them.
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Cyber & privacyLimits on targeting youth change how personal data and user profiles can be used.
If you provide human services under a city contract, you must pay your human services employees at least the prevailing wage.
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Employment practices liabilityWage requirements raise exposure to employee wage claims.
If you're cited through the citizen air complaint program, you would get cure options and clearer timelines for reviewing and fighting complaints.
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If you lease out vehicles, you could transfer liability for certain engine idling violations to the lessee through a new DEP program.
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Commercial autoShifts who bears idling violation liability for leased vehicles.
If your small business is in a high retail-theft zip code, you can apply for free security measures like cameras and plexiglass through an SBS pilot.
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It would make it easier for you to apply for a sidewalk or roadway cafe, which could help you add outdoor seating.
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If you own a multiple dwelling, you must post a sign naming the owners, including beneficial owners or partners if an entity owns it.
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If you own distressed property, more buildings could qualify for city foreclosure and transfer, but you get new notices and chances to avoid the transfer.
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If you get a littering violation for the area next to your building, you can ask to do community service instead of paying the fine.
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The city will set fixed per-minute rates for pedicab rides, so you can no longer set your own fares.
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Your sidewalk cafe would only have to leave a clear path of up to 8 feet or 50 percent of the sidewalk width, whichever is greater, which may free up more space.
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If you hold a city human services contract, you must report to the agency within 30 days whenever you sign a subcontract with a certified MWBE.
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If your business has operated in NYC 20+ years, you could be nominated for a legacy registry and get grants. Landlords offering a 10-year lease could get grants too.
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You can't raise the price of any item in your grocery store more than once in a 24-hour period.
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You can't be cited just for lacking a paper Food Protection Certificate on site if the holder's certificate verifies as valid in the city's digital system.
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Only 6 commercial waste haulers will get Staten Island zone agreements, and the zone's start is pushed to February 1, 2028.
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If you run a registered tobacco bar, you can ask to move your registration and tobacco retail license once, to a new location, if you show financial hardship.
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You can't advertise vehicles that must be DMV-registered as e-bikes or e-scooters, and as a retailer you must post and hand out the city's e-bike information.
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Product liabilitySellers of e-bikes and e-scooters face new rules on how these vehicles are marketed.
If you operate the city's bike share, your agreement must require you to report collisions, violations, theft and vandalism involving your bikes.
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If you bid on city contracts for small structures, you must use a pre-approved standard design from the city's catalog unless the agency finds none can fit the site.
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If you own a building with a cooling tower, you must have it cleaned at least three times a year, including once in June or July.
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Commercial propertyAdds a required maintenance duty for building cooling systems.
General liabilityCleaning duty bears on third-party illness claims such as Legionnaires' disease.
If you own residential property, you must disclose certain information to the City before evicting an older adult tenant.
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If you run a pedicab business, you could use taxi relief stands and new Midtown pedicab-only stands to wait for fares for up to an hour.
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Commercial autoPedicabs would stand and park at curb stands, changing vehicle operating exposure.
If you run a pedicab business, you could equip pedicabs with pedal-assist electric motors under 750 watts.
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Commercial autoMotor-assisted pedicabs change vehicle and driver accident exposure.
If you contract with the city on capital projects of $10 million or less, agencies must act on approvals and change orders on time or explain delays in writing within 10 days.
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If you run a delivery service, you must send 24 months of trip data to DCWP and may face new safe delivery rules.
Disclosure / reporting
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Commercial autoSafe delivery time standards could change how couriers operate vehicles and bikes.
Cyber & privacyDelivery services must hand over large volumes of trip data to the city.
If you own a building, you must report Legionella test results of 10 CFU/mL or higher to the health department.
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General liabilityReported Legionella findings may increase tenant and visitor bodily injury claim exposure.
If you hold a city contract involving AI, you must follow incident-identification standards and report AI safety incidents to the city within 24 hours.
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Cyber & privacyMandatory rapid incident reporting and public disclosure of AI safety incidents.
Professional liability / Tech E&OPublic disclosure of incidents can trigger client claims over technology service failures.
If you provide a chatbot, you must secure and limit use of user data, give users access to it, disclose that it's not human, and not imply licensed-professional advice.
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Cyber & privacyNew data security, privacy, and access duties for chatbot user data.
Professional liability / Tech E&OAdvice-equivalence restrictions affect claims over chatbot-provided guidance.
If you run a delivery app, you must track e-bike and moped couriers for unsafe riding, alert them live, and block deliveries after three alerts in a week until a safety course.
New requirement
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Commercial autoRules govern unsafe riding by couriers on e-bikes and motorcycles making deliveries.
If you are a city contractor, you must post whistleblower protection information covering AI-related reports, and your employees get protection for reporting AI risks.
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Employment practices liabilityEmployee whistleblower retaliation claims expand to AI-related reporting.
Managers or supervisors of your food service establishment must renew their food protection certificate every 5 years.
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If your fleet is in the city's fleet program, idling violations will now show up in the Finance commercial portal with instructions for responding.
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If you use bicycles commercially, you must give your motor-assisted bike operators fireproof or fire-resistant containers for charging removable batteries.
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Next hearing Fri, Nov 20, 2026 at 9:30 AM, Committee on Fire and Emergency Management, Council Chambers - City Hall. Agenda
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Commercial autoRules on e-bikes used by workers for business deliveries change fleet-related requirements.
Workers' compensationBattery charging containers reduce fire and injury risk to workers.
Commercial propertySafer battery charging lowers fire risk at business premises.
Mobility devices like e-bikes can no longer be stored or charged in apartments in R-2 buildings, so you must keep them out of units you own or manage.
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Next hearing Fri, Nov 20, 2026 at 9:30 AM, Committee on Fire and Emergency Management, Council Chambers - City Hall. Agenda
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Commercial propertyRemoves a fire code exception, changing fire-safety exposure in residential buildings.
Eligible small businesses can get technology literacy training, including how to use AI, through an SBS program.
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Next hearing Tue, Dec 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM, Committee on Small Business, 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2. Agenda
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If you run a bike share, you can't charge members more than a subway base fare for 1 hour on an e-bike or 2 hours on a bike.
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Next hearing Wed, Dec 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM, Committee on Contracts, 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1. Agenda
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If you hold a city contract, the city must pay the undisputed part of an invoice on time and tell you in writing about any disputed portion.
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Next hearing Wed, Feb 10, 2027 at 10:00 AM, Committee on Contracts, 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1. Agenda
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The city could seal your vape shop if you repeatedly sell without a license, sell to under-21s, or sell flavored products.
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Next hearing Fri, Nov 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM, Committee on Oversight and Investigations, 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2. Agenda
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Proposed 238
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You can't buy, sell, or use software that sets rents or prices from competitors' non-public data, and you could be fined or sued.
People can sueRead the clause
This bill would also make available a private right of action to enforce the prohibitions.
Quoted word for word from the bill text.
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Cyber & privacyRestricts collection and use of competitor data for pricing tools.
Professional liability / Tech E&OPricing software providers face claims over prohibited tools and services.
Customers, competitors, and others could sue you over unfair, deceptive, or abusive business practices.
People can sueRead the clause
This bill would be enforced by a private right of action.
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General liabilityBroad new lawsuits over deceptive or unfair practices, including advertising injury claims.
Directors & officersManagement may face claims alleging unlawful business practices.
If you are a commercial landlord with a fee-shifting lease clause, tenants are presumed to recover attorneys' fees from you when you default or lose a case you bring.
People can sueRead the clause
The tenant would be able to recover attorneys’ fees through a legal proceeding commenced against the landlord or through a counterclaim in any legal proceeding commenced by the landlord against the tenant.
Quoted word for word from the bill text.
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General liabilityLandlords face added legal-fee exposure from tenant claims and counterclaims.
Employees, applicants, and customers get six years instead of three to sue you over discrimination or harassment under the city human rights law.
People can sueRead the clause
increase from three years to six years the statute of limitations to file a civil action by persons aggrieved by unlawful discriminatory practices or acts of discriminatory harassment or violence under the city human rights law.
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Employment practices liabilityLonger window for discrimination and harassment claims by employees and applicants.
You cannot keep or exhibit elephants in the city unless you meet habitat and care conditions, or you face $1,000 daily fines and lawsuits.
People can sueRead the clause
The bill would allow any person to seek to enjoin violations in court.
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General liabilityExhibiting elephants carries bodily injury and animal-related third-party exposure, and the bill adds penalties.
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You must give tipped workers daily pay and tip breakdowns and let customers tip the way they paid. Workers can sue you under a new private right of action.
People can sueRead the clause
The bill also creates additional administrative remedies and a private right of action.
Quoted word for word from the bill text.
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Employment practices liabilityTipped workers can bring wage-and-tip claims, including through the new private right of action.
Employers could face broader discrimination claims, including punitive damages and individual liability, as the human rights law is read more liberally and vicarious liability rules are repealed.
People can sueRead the clause
clarify the interpretation of specific sections of the law as they pertain to punitive damages, mistakenly perceived alcoholism, municipal immunity, individual liability
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Employment practices liabilityDiscrimination claims with punitive damages and individual liability raise employment claim exposure.
Directors & officersIndividual liability may reach managers and officers personally.
You can't consider vaccination status when hiring, firing, or setting job terms, and employees or applicants could sue you.
People can sueRead the clause
Finally, the bill would authorize administrative remedies for violations, as well as a private right of action.
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees and applicants can bring claims over hiring, firing, and employment terms.
If you are a landlord accused of tenant harassment, courts can order you to restore possession to lawful occupants who aren't tenants.
People can sueRead the clause
in tenant harassment claims, lawful occupants may not be denied injunctive relief, including restoration of possession, because they are not tenants
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If you use the stipulated fine or commercial abatement programs, higher-earning businesses will pay higher reduced fines than they do now.
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If you do private sewer work, you must certify you've retained two licensed exterminators to get a DEP permit, and notify adjacent property owners in writing.
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You can't use license plate readers in TLC vehicles, and bases and dispatchers can't require or encourage them, or you risk fines and license loss.
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Cyber & privacyLimits surveillance and plate-data collection on licensed vehicles.
Commercial autoAffects equipment and operation of TLC-licensed fleet vehicles.
If you're a City-contracted food vendor with repeated compliance failures, you can land on a watch list, and subcontractors risk losing approval to work.
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If your building stays in the alternative enforcement program past four months after the initial notice, you will be charged higher fees.
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To get a permit for a large public event, you must have a plan to prevent and respond to sexual harassment and assault, and give attendees reporting notices.
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General liabilityEvent sponsors take on added attendee safety duties and possible claims tied to misconduct at events.
You no longer need a price tag on each item; you just show the total selling price at the point of display, and charging more than advertised is still a violation.
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If you run a licensed tow operation, you can't relocate towed vehicles to meters or no-parking spots during temporary restrictions, or you face escalating fines.
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Commercial autoTow truck operations and relocation practices change, with fines tied to vehicle handling.
If your freight terminal borders a freight impact zone, you must file an annual plan to prevent truck queues, and trucks that block streets can be towed.
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Commercial autoTrucks queuing near terminals face staging and idling bans and towing.
You must keep the exterior and interior of offices, schools and stores dark at night, unless an exemption applies, or risk a $1,000 fine.
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General liabilityDarker premises at night may raise third-party injury claims.
You can't require grocery delivery workers to carry over 22 pounds per trip or wear backpacks on bikes, scooters or mopeds, and you can't retaliate.
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Workers' compensationLimits on load weight and gear change delivery worker injury risk.
Commercial autoRules govern how workers deliver on bicycles, scooters and mopeds.
If you employ or engage people to sell tickets in public spaces, your business must get a city license, and a seller's violations could put it at risk.
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You can't give live fish as prizes, and street event permit holders must stop anyone at their event from doing so and certify they understand this.
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Carriage operators face new licensing exam and probationary license rules, but can start operating as early as 7 a.m. on weekdays in Manhattan.
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Commercial autoChanged operating hours and licensing affect carriage vehicle operations on streets.
You must post a DCWP-approved sign near each entrance or register warning that assaulting retail workers is a felony, or face penalties.
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General liabilityNew premises signage mandate with penalties for noncompliance.
If you own a property with a lead water service line, you must replace it and get a certification within 10 years or face fines; permit fees are waived.
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Commercial propertyRequires replacement of a building's water service line, a building system.
You can't require more than a $10 minimum for credit card purchases, and you must post a notice of that rule at your register or point of sale.
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If you run a place of assembly serving drinks, lacking a valid Certificate of Operation or required security guards is an immediately hazardous violation, and lessees share the guard duty.
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General liabilityPremises safety and security guard requirements for assembly venues affect third-party injury exposure.
If your business dumps trash in public litter baskets, anyone can report you, and the reporter can prosecute the fine at OATH for a share of it.
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You would need a city license to run a massage business, must post it, and may only use licensed (or exempt) massage staff and keep records proving it.
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You can't mount a speaker on the outside of any vehicle you own, including work vehicles, or you face fines and towing for repeats.
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Commercial autoBusiness vehicles with exterior speakers face fines and towing, disrupting fleet operations.
You must let customers use their own reusable cups and post a sign saying so if you serve drinks in single-use plastic cups.
New requirement
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You can't sell or give out confetti containing any plastic after Dec 31, 2026; repeat violations cost $150 to $350 each.
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Your home improvement or contractor license could be denied, suspended, or revoked if you have wage nonpayment or underpayment judgments or a history of them.
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You must staff self-checkout with one employee per three kiosks and cap self-checkout at 15 items, or face daily per-employee fines.
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If you own or operate a building, you face much higher fines for not installing backflow prevention devices or not filing the annual report.
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Commercial propertyBackflow prevention devices are building water systems that owners must install and maintain.
General contractors must get a DOB license, and only licensed contractors can pull permits or do general contracting work in the city.
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Workers' compensationLicensing requires a Site Safety Training Supervisor Card, raising site safety obligations.
General liabilityLicensed contractors take on added accountability for jobsite operations and third-party harm.
If you're a contractor, you could be fined for work done after a permit expires, and you may owe related inspection fees instead of the building owner.
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If you hold a DOT street closure permit, you must set up temporary no-standing zones on surrounding streets and notify the affected area.
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General liabilityAdded street-side duties during closures could raise third-party injury or property claims.
Repeat Fair Work Week violations cost up to double the fines, and unpaid penalties can cost you your food service permit and trigger severance for staff.
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Employment practices liabilityScheduling and wage-related violations raise employee claim and penalty exposure.
If a worker dies on the job, you must give the city additional information or face a $1,000 to $2,500 fine per violation.
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Workers' compensationWorkplace fatalities must be reported and are compiled in a public database.
If you vend on a portion of Fordham Road, you will need a license specifically allowing vending there during the 5-year pilot.
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Stormwater permit thresholds for small construction jobs change, and certified professionals can get expedited approval of your permit applications.
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You face fines, and possible misdemeanor charges, if any business vehicle is parked or driven with an obscured or defaced license plate.
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Commercial autoFleet vehicles face new fines and misdemeanor exposure for plate violations.
Your business vehicles can be fined for fraudulent or expired plates, though expired plates get a 10 business day cure period.
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Commercial autoFleet vehicles face new fines for plate violations.
If you run a vet practice, you can't perform elective devocalization of healthy cats or dogs, and violations bring fines and license discipline referrals.
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Professional liability / Tech E&OVeterinary procedures now carry penalty and disciplinary exposure for professional conduct.
You can no longer sell flavored cigarettes or flavored nicotine pouches, and violations bring civil penalties.
New requirement
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Landlords of rent regulated buildings must notify before altering or demolishing units, and the window for HPD inspection fees changes.
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You can't distribute or sell tianeptine in NYC, and you face civil penalties if you do. Licensed medical professionals may still dispense it.
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Product liabilitySelling a banned substance raises exposure for harm from products you sell.
You can't sell multi-merchant physical gift cards unless they have chip-and-PIN technology, or you face $500 to $1,000 fines per violation.
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Your fleet vehicles face $65 then $100 alternate side parking fines, and a vehicle with three or more prior violations in 12 months must be towed.
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Commercial autoHigher fines and mandatory towing raise costs for business vehicles parked on city streets.
If you own a vacant home in foreclosure, you must post a $5,000 bond for upkeep or pay $200 a day in penalties.
New requirement
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Commercial propertyOwners must fund maintenance and violation fixes on vacant buildings during foreclosure.
You could face higher fines, and a criminal misdemeanor on a third offense, for dumping business trash in public litter baskets.
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You can't raise menu prices based on real-time demand or crowd size, or you face a $500 fine for each day it's used.
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You must give customers a discount when the register price exceeds the shelf or advertised price, and post a notice of that policy.
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Your cannabis dispensary may only open from 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM, and you face fines of $1,000, then $2,000, for violations.
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Newsstand operators and property owners face higher fines if a newsstand sits too close to a hydrant or a hydrant is blocked, including by piled snow.
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Selling or delivering cannabis without a state license, or giving or selling it to anyone under 21, could get your business sued, enjoined and closed as a public nuisance.
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You can't sell gas-powered leaf blowers or lawn mowers after 2025, and you can't use them after 2026, or you face penalties.
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If you run autonomous taxis, the TLC will set rules on licensing, safety, vehicle standards, trip and fare reporting, and insurance.
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Commercial autoAutonomous taxi operations face new vehicle, safety and insurance requirements.
Cyber & privacyTrip and fare data reporting involves collecting and transmitting rider data.
If you fundraise or do political consulting for city candidates, you cannot lobby them after they are elected, and violations bring civil penalties.
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Directors & officersRegulatory actions and penalties may target management of firms that lobby.
You can no longer enter non-compete agreements with employees, existing ones are void, and each violation can cost you $500.
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Employment practices liabilityEmployee claims over non-compete agreements and employment practices could increase.
You could not refuse housing to someone because of current or past sex work, and a city board would review unfair work practices against sex workers.
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Employment practices liabilityNew unfair work practice enforcement could generate claims from workers who engage in sex work.
Non-tobacco hookah venues will need a DCWP license instead of a health permit, must admit only people 21 and older, and some bars and restaurants can now serve shisha late.
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General liabilityPremises and patron injury exposure at licensed hookah venues.
Commercial propertyFire Code amendments affect fire safety requirements for venues.
If you own non-owner-occupied property, you can be fined up to $5,000 for not fixing sidewalk defects the city orders repaired or that you should have known about.
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You can't run E-Verify on applicants you haven't hired, you must post your E-Verify enrollment notice, and each violation can cost you $10,000.
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Employment practices liabilityHiring and work-authorization screening practices could draw employee or applicant claims.
You can't park a trailer or mobile home on a residential street over three hours or overnight, or it may be ticketed and impounded.
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Commercial autoBusiness trailers face violations and impoundment, adding vehicle costs and exposure.
You can't sell e-cigarettes that look like highlighters, pens, pencils or staplers, and violations can bring fines, license suspension, seizure and sealing.
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You could face a higher maximum fine for ignoring an order from the Commission on Human Rights.
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If the city finds you discriminated against a tenant over their income source, you face mandatory fines of $5,000 up to $250,000 based on building size.
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If you discriminate based on source of income, you may be denied a Certification of No Harassment, which can block certain permits for your building.
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If your community facility is used for something your certificate of occupancy doesn't allow, the city could declare it a public nuisance and seal it.
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Commercial propertySealing of premises over certificate of occupancy violations affects use of the property.
If you run a housing company or similar entity found to have discriminated by source of income, the City can deny your tax exemption.
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If you evict a tenant unlawfully, you face higher fines and lose city subsidies and tax breaks for 5 years, unless you set aside affordable units.
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If you haul yellow or brown grease, you must report how it is disposed to BIC, and you can be fined if you don't.
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You could face a misdemeanor and fines if you put a GPS tracker on someone else's vehicle without their consent.
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Cyber & privacyUnauthorized location tracking is surveillance of personal data and creates exposure.
Commuter van operators get more violations before losing authorization, but now face a 15-day suspension after three violations in six months.
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Commercial autoDriver licensing violations now risk suspension of van operations.
You must give employees 5 extra paid hours a year for preventative medical screening, on top of sick time, and can't make them make up the hours.
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Employment practices liabilityNew leave entitlement creates employee claims risk for failure to provide paid time.
If you provide shopping carts, you must tag each cart with your contact info and use an approved containment measure, or pay $100 per cart.
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If your stoop line stand racks up five violations in 12 months, the city must suspend or revoke your license for at least a year.
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You can't use commercial char broilers on your mobile food cart or truck, and violations bring fines of $400 to $1,600 and possible seizure of the broiler.
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Commercial propertyEquipment ban changes cooking setup and the broiler can be seized on repeat violations.
You can't park dealer vehicles on city streets to display, repair, or hold them, and vehicles awaiting repair or return need a windshield placard.
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Commercial autoDealer vehicles face street-parking bans, fines, and possible impoundment.
You could face higher maximum city fines if the Commission on Human Rights finds you engaged in unlawful discrimination.
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Employment practices liabilityLarger discrimination penalties raise exposure from employee and applicant claims.
You can't park customer or inventory vehicles on city streets for your business, and violations cost $250 to $400 per day.
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Commercial autoBusinesses must relocate customer and inventory vehicles off the street, changing vehicle storage exposure.
General liabilityMoving vehicle storage and handling onto business premises changes on-site third-party injury exposure.
You can't sell, offer, or distribute menstrual or intimate care products containing restricted harmful ingredients, and the health department will publicly list products found with them.
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Product liabilitySellers and makers of these products face exposure for goods with restricted ingredients.
If you hold a Parks permit and the reserved area becomes unavailable, you can get a credit or refund.
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You could not operate a new smoking paraphernalia shop within 500 feet of a school.
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If you build or convert a property into a transient hotel, you must file a community impact statement with your construction documents before permits are approved.
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You must give contracted delivery workers unpaid safe/sick time, can't penalize them for using it, and must give 30 days' notice before updating performance metrics.
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Employment practices liabilityWorkers could claim retaliation or scheduling violations over safe/sick time and metric changes.
More landlords will be pulled into HPD's alternative enforcement program, including repeat buildings, so owners of distressed buildings face closer enforcement and program charges.
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You may get sidewalk or roadway cafe license fees waived for two years if your Council district is one of the 10 with the fewest cafe licenses.
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If you run a veterinary facility, you must disclose standard prices, give estimates for higher-cost services on request, and provide itemized receipts.
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If you own a building with a lead hazard order from the health department, the city must declare the hazard a public nuisance.
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Commercial propertyPublic nuisance status raises remediation duties for owned building conditions.
General liabilityLead hazard nuisance declarations increase third-party injury exposure for owners.
You can't be ticketed for residential littering violations while you or someone in charge is on site actively cleaning or getting ready to clean.
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If you own or operate a community infrastructure property, the city can't sell your tax liens and must offer you installment plans and counseling.
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If you provide mental health services and use AI with clients, you must disclose it in plain language, separately from your terms, before or at the start of services.
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Cyber & privacyDisclosure covers AI processing and sharing client data with third-party vendors.
Professional liability / Tech E&OAI use in delivering mental health services must be disclosed to clients.
Your funeral firm can apply for an annual DOT permit to park authorized funeral vehicles in no-parking spots near your establishment for up to four hours.
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TLC-licensed drivers can fight stopping and standing tickets if they were helping a passenger with impaired mobility, with limits like hydrants and bus lanes.
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You must let covered employees use earned safe and sick time to attend their child's school events, including parent-teacher meetings.
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Employment practices liabilityLeave denial or retaliation claims could rise with the expanded permitted use.
You no longer need a fire barrier between your mobility device battery charging area and your repair or servicing station, which can cut build-out costs.
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Commercial propertyRemoving fire barriers changes fire-safety features of charging and repair space.
You can no longer sell general merchandise or mobile food on Washington Street between York and Front Streets in Brooklyn.
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You can no longer sell birds such as parrots, cockatiels, finches, parakeets and macaws in your pet shop.
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Your mobile food unit commissary can skip the $200 annual permit fee if you reserve at least one space for a veteran vendor.
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If you run a nightlife venue, the NYPD can start multi-agency inspections with only 7 days' notice, and none if your Place of Assembly permit is missing or violated.
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If a tenant asks, you must install protective devices like grab bars and floor treads at no cost to them, and may claim a tax abatement.
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General liabilityInstalled safety devices change premises safety and tenant injury exposure.
Your sidewalk cafe must sit at least five feet from a residential building's primary entrance.
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You can't be fined by DSNY for uncleared sidewalk snow or ice until city agencies finish clearing streets and their own infrastructure and certify it.
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E-bikes, including those your delivery workers ride, would be limited to 15 mph, so you may need to adjust delivery expectations and rider practices.
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Commercial autoWorker e-bike use for deliveries is subject to a lower legal speed limit.
If you host short-term rentals in an owner-occupied one- or two-family home, you can host up to 4 guests, be away during stays, and lock private rooms.
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General liabilityMore guests and unattended stays may raise injury and property damage exposure.
Your heating fuel, heating maintenance or utility company vehicles can't park on residential streets overnight between 9PM and 5AM.
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Commercial autoRestricts where company fleet vehicles can be parked overnight.
Food store owners may get free cat vaccinations and spay/neuter services, though state rules must also change before you can keep a store cat.
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If you build housing with public financing, you must pay for repairs that come up within 10 years of construction.
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Commercial propertyDevelopers take on repair costs for building defects and systems for 10 years after construction.
If you run a supervised release program under a city contract, you must notify the court and parties within 5 or 10 days of a missed check-in.
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If you own or operate certain energy storage systems, you must have them remotely monitored and independently inspected under the fire code.
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Commercial propertyFire safety monitoring and inspection duties for energy storage systems on owned or leased property.
General liabilityFire risk from battery systems can injure third parties on premises.
If your business uses e-bikes, electric scooters or similar vehicles, such as for deliveries, you would have to license and register them.
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Commercial autoRegistration rules apply to motorized bikes and scooters used by workers for the business.
You must post a sign near each public restroom with a diaper changing table saying baby wipes should not be flushed.
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If you contract with certain city agencies, you must report pay and employment data by race, gender and pay band to the city, which will analyze it for disparities.
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Employment practices liabilityPay disparity analysis by protected class may prompt employee discrimination claims.
You must show your restaurant's sanitary inspection letter grade on your website or online ordering page, and delivery apps must show it too.
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You can't open a cannabis dispensary within 500 feet of a public youth facility unless you were already licensed or had an approved location.
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You must pay employees a city minimum wage of $29 to $30 an hour phased in by 2030-2031, with yearly inflation-based increases.
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Employment practices liabilityWage and hour claims from employees could rise with a much higher minimum wage.
If you own a building and get notice of an unsafe exterior wall, you must tell the building's occupants about it.
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General liabilityFailure to warn occupants of unsafe walls could raise injury claims.
You must protect floor openings on your job sites with safety netting systems and guardrails.
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Workers' compensationFall protection requirements affect worker injury risk on site.
General liabilityFloor openings can cause falls or falling objects that hurt third parties.
You can use fewer workers who aren't licensed riggers to install, remove or supervise scaffolding, so you may need to hire licensed riggers.
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Workers' compensationTighter scaffold rules change site safety and worker injury exposure.
General liabilityScaffold failures can injure third parties or damage property.
If your co-op board denies a sale, you must give the prospective buyer a written statement of all reasons within five days of deciding.
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Directors & officersBoard decisions to withhold consent and stated reasons may draw claims against directors.
You could post your remote job openings on a city-run website, once the city verifies that your business and the jobs are legitimate.
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You must hold a reintegration meeting with each employee returning from parental leave, unless they opt out in writing.
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Employment practices liabilityMissed or mishandled return-from-leave meetings could prompt employee claims.
You must give employees paid personal time for any reason, earning one hour per 30 worked, up to 80 hours a year.
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Employment practices liabilityNew paid leave rights create leave and wage/hour claim exposure.
You must get consent before collecting or sharing NYC residents' personal data, and honor requests to list, revoke or delete within 90 days.
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Cyber & privacyConsent, disclosure and deletion duties for personal, biometric and AI-training data change data-handling exposure.
If you hold an emergency city client-services contract during a disease outbreak, you may have to pay in-person workers time and one-half hazard pay.
If you are covered by Fair Work Week, the city can order you to release employees for a training, and you must pay them for training and travel time.
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Employment practices liabilityMandated paid training time adds wage/hour compliance exposure.
If you build new multiple dwellings, you must include more space to store refuse, recyclables, and organic waste.
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You must keep every XRF lead inspection report permanently, and HPD will presume your paint is lead-based unless you prove otherwise.
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General liabilityPresumed lead paint raises tenant bodily-injury exposure and the burden of proving units are lead-free.
You can no longer sell glue traps in NYC, so you must pull them from your inventory.
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Newsstands would no longer be bound by a price cap on goods or services, and stands primarily selling written matter would count as newsstands.
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If you hold a newsstand license, you could operate from an abandoned newsstand, and new locations will be approved based on foot traffic.
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If you own a building with more than five class C violations, homeless families with children can't be newly placed there until violations are certified corrected.
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If your commercial property is in a qualifying corridor with high storefront vacancy, you may be able to get certain fees waived.
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If you own a multiple dwelling and make eligible energy efficiency upgrades, you can get certain city penalties waived or reduced.
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Commercial propertyEnergy efficiency retrofits change building systems of owned property.
If you must file energy efficiency and emissions reports, you can submit them as one consolidated report in years when the efficiency report is due.
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If you own a covered residential building, you must make the roof drain onto a permeable surface under DEP rules.
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Commercial propertyRoof drainage changes to the building affect water and drainage exposure on owned property.
You can use zero-emissions credits to meet your building's Local Law 97 emissions limits, which gives you another way to comply.
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Construction applications you filed before the effective dates of Local Laws 92 and 94 of 2019 are not subject to their requirements.
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Small residential energy storage systems skip remote monitoring and reporting rules, and medium systems get expedited permitting.
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Commercial propertyLess monitoring of battery systems may change fire and safety exposure for installed property.
Starting in 2032, you can't sell single-use beverage containers whose caps come off or that lack a drinking opening while the cap is attached.
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If DOT finds an illegal curb cut on your property, you must get the permits or restore the curb, or the city will do it and bill you.
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If you develop affordable housing, you must follow city lottery rules on applicant notices and screening, such as no rejecting solely on credit score.
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The city must create a program to incentivize you to keep rent stabilized units stabilized longer, which you could use if you own such units.
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You can't sell diesel leaf blowers or lawn mowers after Sept 1, 2022, and can't use them after Sept 1, 2023.
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You won't get a sidewalk repair violation if city sidewalk work is planned to start within 90 days, and any notice must mention planned city repairs.
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If you own property next to a city-managed tree, you can ask Parks to remove it and replace it with a less harmful one.
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Small mixed-use buildings without storage space can apply to DSNY for an exemption from rigid-container trash rules, and pending violations get dismissed.
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If you are a landlord, you must let residential tenants pay the security deposit in up to six equal monthly installments added to rent.
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If you run non-essential helicopter flights from city-owned heliports, those operations would be prohibited.
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Your chartered helicopters can't take off or land at city-owned heliports unless they meet stage 3 noise levels.
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If you run an ice cream truck, you can no longer power freezers or soft serve machines with a gasoline or other carbon-fuel generator or engine.
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Commercial autoTrucks must change how they power onboard equipment, altering vehicle operations and setup.
You must get an after hours variance before hauling construction debris off a site early, late, or on weekends.
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On Spare the Air Days you could not do outdoor charcoal grilling, and DEP may bar other activities that hurt outdoor air quality.
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If you own a building with solar panels, you get narrower clear rooftop paths and alternative access rules for adjoining buildings 25 feet wide or less.
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Commercial propertyChanges fire-access rules for rooftops of buildings with solar installations.
You must register all commercial premises you own and report vacancy details, and residential owners must report unit counts and vacancy status.
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Once DEP updates its map, you can't have a cellar or basement accessory dwelling unit in a groundwater flood risk area, and new ones can't be built there.
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Commercial propertyFlood-area limits on basement units change how owned buildings can be used and their flood exposure.
Your tractor-trailers, tractors and trailers can park no more than 90 minutes, so plan deliveries and staging around that limit.
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Commercial autoFleet parking limits change how commercial vehicles are operated and exposed to tickets.
If you hold or bid on city contracts, you must meet standardized insurance requirements set by contract category.
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General liabilityCity contractors must carry insurance coverage meeting new standardized guidelines.
If you run a covered store, you must keep a bin for unwanted reusable bags and sanitize and reuse good ones.
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General liabilityCollection bins and reused bags could create customer hygiene or premises claims.
If you hold a commercial waste zone contract, you can't merge or acquire your way into more than 15 zones, or DSNY can terminate your contract.
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You must let employees use earned safe and sick time to care for a sick or injured companion or service animal.
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Employment practices liabilityDenying or disciplining sick-time use could trigger employee leave claims.
Your child care center can request free opioid antagonist kits for every child and staff member, plus free training on using them.
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You can no longer sell from a general vending or mobile food vending spot on Jamaica Avenue between 75th and 98th Streets in Queens.
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If you operate a large warehouse, you could face new city emissions rules aimed at the vehicle traffic your site attracts.
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Commercial autoRules on vehicle emissions tied to warehouses may change fleet operations.
Sidewalk sheds in parks and playgrounds must not block them, and must be built with a 12-foot clear ceiling and removable cross-bracing.
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General liabilityShed design changes affect pedestrian safety and third-party injury exposure.
You must keep a licensed guide on the upper deck of your double decker sightseeing bus whenever passengers are up there, in addition to the driver.
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General liabilityUpper-deck passenger safety supervision affects passenger injury claims.
Commercial autoChanges operating rules for a commercial passenger vehicle.
Your grocery store may be exempt from commercial rent tax if it meets the floor space and affordability requirements.
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If you sell or manage HDFC co-op units, you will face new transparency requirements about those sales.
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If you run an e-bike or e-scooter share system, your devices need working speedometers and must cut motor assist at 10 mph for new riders.
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General liabilitySpeed limits for new riders change rider injury exposure to third parties.
Product liabilityOperators must equip and configure the devices they make available to riders.
Your sightseeing helicopters cannot take off or land at city-owned heliports unless they meet federal stage 1, 2 or 3 noise levels.
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You must install a vehicle weigh station, turn away cars that would overload a garage level, and (if licensed) post weight limits and notify the public.
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General liabilityOverloaded levels risk injury or damage to customers and vehicles on premises.
Commercial propertyWeight limits and weigh stations relate to garage structural loading and building systems.
Fleets running low or zero emission commercial vehicles could use new reserved curbside overnight parking in industrial business zones.
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You must follow new rules on how you determine the pay range shown in your job listings.
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Employment practices liabilityPay range posting and hiring practices can lead to applicant or employee claims.
If you hold a city contract over $10 million, you must hire an independent MWBE consultant for that contract.
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Commuter van operators can now pick up passengers who hail them on the street, not just prearranged rides.
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Commercial autoStreet-hail pickups change how commuter vans operate and their passenger exposure.
You can't require low-wage employees to sign non-competes, and you must tell job candidates up front if a non-compete is required.
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Employment practices liabilityHiring and employment-agreement practices could draw claims from employees or applicants.
By 2030 you must bring business, mercantile, and residential buildings (not 1-2 family homes) up to bird-friendly glass standards, and use bird-friendly glass whenever you replace glazing.
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Commercial propertyRequires exterior glazing and facade retrofits on owned or leased buildings.
If you run an industrial facility making 100 percent recycled paper products from recycled paper, you would be exempt from the building emissions limits of Local Law 97.
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If you own a multi-family apartment building, you must install carbon monoxide detectors in basement common areas, except areas used to enter or exit apartments.
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Commercial propertyAdds required safety detection equipment to building systems you own or manage.
General liabilityFailure to install detectors could raise tenant injury claims on premises.
If you hold a construction permit, you must create and follow a heat action plan to protect workers from heat illness.
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Workers' compensationHeat illness prevention mandates change worker injury exposure on construction sites.
Street vendors may place pushcarts two feet from the curb instead of against it, which makes exiting the cart safer.
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If your building exceeds its Local Law 97 emissions limit, you can use renewable energy credits to offset only up to 10% of its electricity emissions.
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Commercial propertyEmissions limit compliance may force building system retrofits.
If you repeatedly violate the Human Rights Law, you must carry out a city-supervised anti-discrimination plan for 1 to 5 years.
If you are caught vending without a license, the maximum fine drops to $500 and the daily civil penalty to $50.
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If you operate NYC Ferry under a city contract, you must pay all your employees at least the living wage.
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Employment practices liabilityWage requirements create possible wage claims from employees.
If you run a doula or midwife practice, you can raise a defense to certain posted-sign parking tickets when you were on a house call.
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If you own an eligible 3-unit building enrolled in STAR, you can get official waste bins free or be reimbursed for bins you bought.
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New multiple dwellings you build must have larger bedrooms and living rooms, with bigger minimum floor area and smallest dimension.
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Mechanics who repair e-bikes and e-scooters would need a city battery safety certification and would be listed on a public monthly roster.
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General liabilityBattery fire and injury risk from repair work on customers' devices may be affected by certification.
You must give tenants a city notice about elected officials when they sign or renew a lease, and whenever a tenant asks for it.
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If you own a multiple dwelling, you must post electric space heater safety notices in the common areas.
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You may have to give paid safe and sick time to qualifying independent contractors, not just employees.
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Employment practices liabilityLeave claims could now come from contractors who meet the new definition of employee.
You must give caregivers reasonable workplace accommodations and take part in a cooperative dialogue with them about those accommodations.
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Employment practices liabilityCaregiver accommodation and discrimination claims by employees or applicants become possible.
When you file construction work with DOB, you must list the accessibility features you will build or change, and DOB will publish them online.
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You could not discriminate based on a person's family or relationship structure in hiring, housing, or serving customers.
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees and applicants may claim discrimination based on family or relationship structure.
You could not refuse to hire, or deny service to, someone because of their actual or perceived poverty.
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Employment practices liabilityApplicants and employees may claim discrimination based on poverty.
When you deduct from a security deposit, you must give the tenant an itemized statement plus receipts or invoices for repairs.
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If you are a landlord, you must give displaced low-income tenants financial assistance, 90 days' notice, and tenant-rights information.
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You must provide at least one separate gender-neutral bathroom wherever the Plumbing Code requires plumbing fixtures, in addition to sex-separated ones.
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Commercial propertyRequires plumbing and bathroom fixture changes to buildings.
If you must provide heat, you now have to keep apartments at least 70 degrees by day and 66 at night during heating season.
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Commercial propertyHigher heating minimums may require upgrades or more load on building heating systems.
You must give tenants in your building and adjacent buildings two weeks' notice of non-minor construction and file that notice with the Office of the Tenant Advocate.
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You can't request, check or use a credit history when a tenant's rent is paid in whole or part by Section 8 or CityFHEPS.
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When you use tenant screening reports, you must also give applicants the criteria you use to reject them.
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If you run an e-hail taxi app, you must pay drivers at least what they would have earned on a metered street-hail trip.
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Some buildings with qualifying dwelling units may fall outside the emissions limits and energy conservation rules, so you may no longer need to comply.
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If you build housing with city financial assistance, you must set aside 10% of units for mobility needs and 5% for vision or hearing needs.
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General liabilityMore accessible-unit design and build requirements raise accessibility-related exposure.
If you run ambulettes, you can use bus lanes and double-park to help passengers board and exit without those restrictions applying.
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Commercial autoAmbulettes operating in bus lanes and double-parked change vehicle operating exposure.
If you run a pre-K center under a DOE contract, you must pay education staff at least DOE rates and provide similar benefits or cash in lieu.
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Employment practices liabilityPay and benefit parity rules can lead to wage and benefit claims by staff.
Condo and co-op buildings could get lower emissions penalties and adjusted limits for green space or past upgrades like solar or submetering.
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Major construction sites get five free opioid antagonist kits from the city, and site safety staff and workers can get free administration training.
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Workers' compensationOverdose response kits and training touch on-site worker health and safety.
Film, TV, and theater productions that commit to hiring and accommodating people with disabilities can apply for city grants.
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You can't adopt or enforce rules barring residents from displaying religious items on their entry door or doorframe, except for safety, obstruction, or maintenance reasons.
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You can't put a no-pet clause in leases for units that don't receive city financial assistance.
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When you file a PW1 for work on a building, you must report its affordable units, planned new affordable units, and their income eligibility.
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You must list a named contact person on work site and sidewalk shed panels, and put the permit holder's phone number on DOB permits.
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If you use vehicles to fulfill a City contract, those vehicles must be equipped with AM broadcast receivers.
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You could get free, individualized legal help from the city on making your leased business space accessible to people with disabilities, if funding is appropriated.
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If you buy or accept used lithium-ion e-bike or scooter batteries, you must keep records and submit them to DCWP, and share them with DSNY and FDNY on request.
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You can no longer vend or run a mobile food cart on the listed Queens streets, including Bell Boulevard and parts of 35th to 43rd Avenues.
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Your building gets seven more years before Local Law 97 emissions reduction requirements and related penalties apply.
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Commercial propertyDelays emissions-driven retrofits of building systems.
Your condo, co-op, or apartment building is exempt from Local Law 97 emissions limits and penalties for 2024 and 2025.
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Commercial propertyChanges timing of building emissions limits and retrofit pressure on owned buildings.
If you work as a distressed property consultant, you must give prospective customers more disclosures before they sign on.
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Professional liability / Tech E&OIncomplete or wrong disclosures to clients could lead to claims over consulting services.
You can't discriminate against protected classes when giving credit, and you must tell borrowers how their rate is calculated.
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Directors & officersCommission investigations of credit discrimination can create regulatory exposure for management.
If you own a dangerous tree, the city can order you to fix it, do the work itself, bill you, and lien your property if unpaid.
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General liabilityTrees posing danger to people or property raise third-party injury and damage exposure.
Commercial propertyOwners face tree hazards and liens affecting owned real property.
Only individuals who meet new qualification rules can inspect, test, and maintain your fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems, on set schedules.
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Commercial propertyChanges testing and maintenance requirements for building fire and smoke safety systems.
If you run a co-op, you must give a buyer with an accepted offer your financial information within 14 days of their request.
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Directors & officersCo-op boards face added exposure over the accuracy and timeliness of financial disclosures.
If you get city financial assistance for a housing project, you can't put pet restrictions in your leases, and any such terms are void.
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If you hold a city contract and committed to working with community members or groups, you must report on that work to the agency every quarter.
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All restaurants, not just chains, must post sodium warnings and added sugar notices on applicable items.
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If you run a child day care center, you would no longer pay Parks Department permit fees for park use and could apply for permits online.
New benefit
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No specific insurance line tagged.
You could get reimbursed for buying and installing a panic button that alerts the police, if you take part in the city's pilot program.
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you run a shared electric scooter system, you could not operate it on certain streets in downtown Flushing.
New requirement
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Insurance lines
No specific insurance line tagged.
You could get reimbursed by the Police Department for buying and installing panic buttons that alert police in an emergency.
New benefit
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No specific insurance line tagged.
If you have over 100 employees, you must tell current staff about openings before choosing a candidate and share info about who was selected.
Disclosure / reporting
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees may claim unfair promotion practices tied to the new notice duties.
You can't stand or park any vehicle within 20 feet of an intersection crosswalk, which affects delivery and fleet vehicles.
New requirement
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Awaiting mayor
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Commercial autoFleet and delivery vehicles lose curb space and face new parking violation exposure.