File #: Int 0969-2018    Version: Name: Obstructions and street vendors in certain areas of downtown Flushing.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing
On agenda: 6/7/2018
Enactment date: 10/27/2018 Law number: 2018/181
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to obstructions and street vendors in certain areas of downtown Flushing
Sponsors: Peter A. Koo, Karen Koslowitz
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: Despite recent widening, the sidewalks of downtown Flushing remain very congested. To allow greater pedestrian access and ease sidewalk congestion, this bill would prohibit obstructions and food vendors on certain streets in downtown Flushing and would prohibit general merchandise vendors within certain boundaries of downtown Flushing.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 969-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 969, 3. Int. No. 969, 4. June 7, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-7-18, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 7, 2018, 7. Committee Report 6/14/18, 8. Hearing Testimony 6/14/18, 9. Hearing Transcript 6/14/18, 10. Proposed Int. No. 969-A - 9/19/18, 11. Committee Report 9/26/18, 12. Hearing Transcript 9/26/18, 13. September 26, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-26-18, 15. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 26, 2018, 16. Int. No. 969-A (FINAL), 17. Fiscal Impact Statement, 18. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 19. Local Law 181
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10/31/2018APeter A. Koo City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/27/2018APeter A. Koo Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2018APeter A. Koo City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2018APeter A. Koo City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2018*Peter A. Koo Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2018*Peter A. Koo Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2018*Peter A. Koo Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2018APeter A. Koo Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/14/2018*Peter A. Koo Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/14/2018*Peter A. Koo Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/7/2018*Peter A. Koo City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/7/2018*Peter A. Koo City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 969-A

 

By Council Members Koo and Koslowitz

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to obstructions and street vendors in certain areas of downtown Flushing

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision l of section 17-315 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:

 l. Food vendors shall be prohibited from vending on the following streets at the following days and times:

BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN

Third Avenue: East 40th to East 57th Street, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm; East 58th to East 60th Street, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 9 pm; Lexington Avenue: East 40th to East 57th Street, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm; East 58th to East 60th Street, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 9 pm; East 61st to East 69th Street, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 6 pm; Park Avenue: East 34th to East 42nd Street, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 7 pm; East 55th to East 59th Street, Monday through Friday, 10 am to 7 pm; Vanderbilt Avenue: East 42nd to East 45th Street, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 7 pm; Madison Avenue: East 34th to East 45th Street, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm; East 46th to East 59th Street, Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm; Fifth Avenue: 32nd to 59th Street, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm; Avenue of the Americas: West 32nd to West 59th Street, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm; Broadway: West 32nd to West 52nd Street, Everyday, 8 am to 8 pm; Seventh Avenue: West 33rd to West 34th Street, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 6 pm; West 35th to West 45th Street, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to midnight; West 46th to West 52nd Street, Monday through Saturday, 2 pm to 7 pm; Fourteenth Street: Broadway to Seventh Avenue, Monday through Saturday, noon to 8 pm; West Thirty-fourth Street: Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm; Forty-second Street: Third Avenue to Eighth Avenue, Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm; West Forty-third Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenue, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-fourth Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenue, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-fifth Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenue, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-sixth Street: Seventh to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-seventh Street: Fifth to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-eighth Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Forty-ninth Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Fiftieth Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Fifty-first Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Fifty-second Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm; West Fifty-third Street: Broadway to Eighth Avenues, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm; Other days, 7 pm to 11 pm.

BOROUGH OF QUEENS

Main Street: Northern Boulevard to Sanford Avenue, every day, noon to midnight; 38th Avenue: Prince Street to 138th Street, every day, noon to midnight; Prince Street: 38th Avenue to 39th Avenue, every day, noon to midnight; 39th Avenue: College Point Boulevard to Union Street, every day, noon to midnight; Lippman Plaza: 39th Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue, every day, noon to midnight; Roosevelt Avenue: College Point Boulevard to Union Street, every day, noon to midnight; 41st Avenue: College Point Boulevard to Union Street, every day, noon to midnight; Kissena Boulevard: 41st Avenue to Barclay Avenue, every day, noon to midnight; Sanford Avenue: Frame Place to Main Street, every day, noon to midnight.

§ 2. Subdivision a of section 19-136 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new paragraphs 29 through 34 to read as follows:

29. Such an obstruction is hereby forbidden from the building line on Main street between Northern boulevard and Sanford avenue in the borough of Queens. Such an obstruction is also forbidden on any intersecting street from the building line of any building on such portion of Main street.

30. Such an obstruction is hereby forbidden from the building line on Roosevelt avenue between College Point boulevard and Union street in the borough of Queens. Such an obstruction is also forbidden on any intersecting street from the building line of any building on such portion of Roosevelt avenue.

31. Such an obstruction is hereby forbidden from the building line on Kissena boulevard between 41st avenue and Barclay avenue in the borough of Queens. Such an obstruction is also forbidden on any intersecting street from the building line of any building on such portion of Kissena boulevard.

32. Such an obstruction is hereby forbidden from the building line on 40th road between Prince street and Main street in the borough of Queens.

33. Such an obstruction is hereby forbidden from the building line on 41st avenue between Main street and Union Street in the borough of Queens.

34. Such an obstruction is hereby forbidden from the building line on 41st road between Main street and Frame place in the borough of Queens.

§ 3. Subdivision g of section 20-465 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:

(4) No general vendor shall vend on any street that is in the area including and bounded on the east by the easterly side of Union Street, on the south by the southerly side of Sanford Avenue, on the west by the westerly side of College Point Boulevard and on the north by the northerly side of Northern Boulevard.

§ 4. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5/31/2018 3:00 PM