File #: Int 1333-2025    Version: * Name: Operation of pedicabs and the solicitation of passengers in and around Central Park.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 7/14/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the operation of pedicabs and the solicitation of passengers in and around Central Park
Sponsors: Gale A. Brewer
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would restrict operation of pedicabs in Central Park to drivers who are allowed to do so under a concession agreement made with the Department of Parks and Recreation. The bill would also restrict soliciting passengers in and near to the park to drivers who operate under that concession.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1333, 2. Int. No. 1333, 3. July 14, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1333

By Council Member Brewer

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the operation of pedicabs and the solicitation of passengers in and around Central Park

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision a of section 18-138 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 23 for the year 2010, is amended to read as follows:

a. Except as provided herein, any concession under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, and any restaurant located within any park that is the subject of a lease or other agreement between the department and a not-for-profit corporation relating to the restoration and maintenance of the park in which such restaurant is located, other than seasonal concessions of under forty-five days in duration in a calendar year and concessions for pedicabs in Central Park, shall have specific boundaries which shall be indicated on a map of the park in which such concession or restaurant is located. No such concession or restaurant shall extend beyond the boundaries indicated on such map. The department shall visibly mark the authorized boundaries of each such concession or restaurant and shall maintain such markings, unless all boundaries of such concession or restaurant are within a building or similar stationary structure or marking a boundary is not practicable because the terrain does not allow for such marking. The department shall determine how such markings shall be made and any such marking shall be consistent with any law, rule, regulation or determination of the landmarks preservation commission and the public design commission. This subdivision shall not apply to any concession authorized to occupy a ground space of less than two hundred square feet, to occupy an area greater than two acres, or to operate in locations in three or more boroughs, nor shall this subdivision apply to any concession that is expressly authorized to move its location pursuant to the terms of the applicable concession agreement. The location of a concession or restaurant subject to the provisions of this subdivision shall also be marked on a map of the park or parks in which such concession or restaurant is located which map shall be made available on the city of New York's website within one year of the effective date of this section. However, any concession or restaurant covered by this subdivision where the concession agreement, lease or other agreement is entered into or renewed following the effective date of this section, shall have such maps posted within sixty days of the execution or renewal of the relevant concession or lease agreement. It shall not be a violation of this section where the moving of any such boundary was done pursuant to the direction of an authorized employee of any applicable city agency.

§ 2. Subdivision b of section 20-259 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 53 for the year 2009, is amended by adding new paragraphs 8 and 9 to read as follows:

8. operate in Central Park or on sidewalks adjoining Central Park except under the terms of a concession with the department of parks and recreation. 

9. solicit passengers in Central Park, on sidewalks adjoining Central Park, or within 50 feet of an entrance to Central Park except under the terms of a concession with the department of parks and recreation.

§ 3. Subdivision c of section 20-259 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 19 for the year 2007, is amended to read as follows:

c. [Pedicabs] Except as provided in paragraphs 8 and 9 of subdivision b of this section, pedicabs can be operated within any public park or any property under the charge or control of the department of parks and recreation pursuant to the rules of the department of parks and recreation and in accordance with the rules of the department of transportation.

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

 

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