Legislation Details

File #: Int 0894-2026    Version: * Name: Seasonal enclosures for sidewalk cafes.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 5/14/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to seasonal enclosures for sidewalk cafes
Sponsors: Gale A. Brewer, Farah N. Louis
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would allow sidewalk cafe operators to temporarily enclose their year-round sidewalk cafes annually from October 1 through March 31.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 894, 2. Int. No. 894, 3. Memorandum in Support

Int. No. 894

 

By Council Members Brewer and Louis

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to seasonal enclosures for sidewalk cafes

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision b of section 19-160 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 121 for the year 2023, is amended to read as follows:

2. A sidewalk cafe, other than an enclosed sidewalk cafe, shall be open-air and shall contain only readily removable tables, chairs and other removable decorative items, [as set forth in such rules] except that a sidewalk cafe may include removable vertical screenings and overhead coverings from October 1 to March 31, inclusive.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. 

 

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