The New York City Council - File #: Int 1116-2018

• File #: Int 1116-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Expanding the availability of food vendor permits, creating an office of street vendor enforcement, and establishing a street vendor advisory board.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 9/26/2018
• In control: Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing
• On agenda: 9/26/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding the availability of food vendor permits, creating an office of street vendor enforcement, and establishing a street vendor advisory board
• Sponsors: Margaret S. Chin, Carlos Menchaca, Brad S. Lander, Deborah L. Rose, I. Daneek Miller, Karen Koslowitz, Antonio Reynoso
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required, Council Appointment Required, Other Appointment Required, Oversight, Report Required, Sunset Date Applies

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/26/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
9/26/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1116
By Council Members Chin, Menchaca, Lander, Rose, Miller, Koslowitz and Reynoso

Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding the availability of food vendor permits, creating an office of street vendor enforcement, and establishing a street vendor advisory board
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 13-e to read as follows:
? 13-e Office of Street Vendor Enforcement. There shall be an office of street vendor enforcement, which shall consist of enforcement agents who are specially trained in local laws and rules related to vending on the streets and sidewalks of the city of New York. The office of street vendor enforcement shall be fully operational on or before September 1, 2019 and shall commence enforcement activities on or before such date. Such enforcement activities shall, at a minimum, include a sufficient number of street patrols to inspect or examine the vending activities of at least 75 percent of applicable permitees or licensees on an annual basis. For the purposes of this section, the term "applicable permitees or licensees" means persons issued full-term or temporary permits pursuant to section 17-307 of the code, or persons issued licenses to vend pursuant to sections 17-307 or 17-307.1 of the code, or licenses issued pursuant to section 20-456 of the code. The mayor may establish such office in the executive office of the mayor, within any other office in the executive office of the mayor, or within any department, the head of which is appointed by the mayor. Such office shall have the power and duty to:
a. enforce all local laws and rules related to vending on the streets and sidewalks of the city of New York, other than such local laws and rules related to food safety, including, but not limited to: section 16-118, subchapter 2 of chapter 3 of ...