What's happening
This bill prohibits food vendors from operating on specific streets in Jamaica, Queens, including parts of Hillside Avenue, Union Turnpike, and 76th Avenue.
Why it matters
Limits food vendor access to major thoroughfares and neighborhood corridors in Jamaica, Queens, potentially reducing opportunities for small, often immigrant-owned businesses to operate in high-traffic areas.
May affect the availability and convenience of affordable street food options for local residents, especially those who rely on street vendors for quick or culturally specific meals.
Could change the character and vibrancy of the impacted streets, as food vending often contributes to the street life and sense of community in urban neighborhoods.
Reflects ongoing tensions between brick-and-mortar businesses, residents, and vendors regarding sidewalk congestion, competition, and neighborhood aesthetics, and may set a precedent for future restrictions in other New York City neighborhoods.
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Ban Street Vending in Jamaica
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- Referred to cities
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Ban Street Vending in Jamaica
In Assembly Committee · Cities · Sponsor David Weprin
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1426
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2017
Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting vendors from vending on certain streets
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision k of section 17-315 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
k. No food vendor shall vend on any street at any time where and when the operation of any food vending business is prohibited pursuant to either local law or section 20-465.1 of the code and any rules promulgated pursuant thereto. No food vendor shall vend in the area including and bounded on the east by the easterly side of Broadway, on the south by the southerly side of Liberty Street, on the west by the westerly side of West Street and on the north by the northerly side of Vesey Street. No food vendor shall vend on Hillside Avenue or Union Turnpike, in the area between 248th street and the Nassau county border or on 76th Avenue, in the area between 263rd street and the Nassau county border, in Jamaica, county of Queens.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00640-01-7
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting vendors from vending on certain streets
Purpose or general idea of the bill
The purpose of this legislation is to impose a "food cart exclusion zone" on Hillside Avenue and Union Turnpike in the area between 248th Street and the Nassau county border or on 76th Avenue, in the area between 263rd Street and the Nassau county border, in Jamaica, county of Queens.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision k of section 17-315 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2004 by adding a new area in which food vending is prohibited to include Hillside Avenue and Union Turnpike in the area between 248th Street and the Nassau county border or on 76th Avenue, in the area between 263rd Street and the Nassau county border, in Jamaica, county of Queens.
Section 2 of the bill sets forth an immediate effective date.
Justification
The city of New York has already deemed specific areas within the city boundaries to be closed to food vending. This bill adds the area of Hillside Avenue and Union Turnpike in the area between 248th Street and the Nassau county border and 76th Avenue, in the area between 263rd Street and the Nassau county border to those exclusion zones.
Legislative history
2015-16: S.915/A.2863 (Weprin) 2013-14: S.686/A.6990 (Weprin) 2011-12: S.7177A
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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