File #: Int 1908-2020    Version: Name: Fees charged by third-party food delivery services during, and for 90 days after, a declared emergency that prohibits on-premises dining.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Small Business
On agenda: 2/27/2020
Enactment date: 5/26/2020 Law number: 2020/052
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to fees charged by third-party food delivery services during, and for 90 days after, a declared emergency that prohibits on-premises dining
Sponsors: Francisco P. Moya, Mark Gjonaj , Ben Kallos, Justin L. Brannan, Helen K. Rosenthal, Vanessa L. Gibson, Diana I. Ayala, James G. Van Bramer, Carlina Rivera , Andrew Cohen, Bill Perkins, Farah N. Louis, Brad S. Lander, Margaret S. Chin, Karen Koslowitz, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Keith Powers , Paul A. Vallone, Rory I. Lancman, Costa G. Constantinides, Robert F. Holden, Carlos Menchaca
Council Member Sponsors: 22
Summary: This bill would restrict the fees that certain third-party food delivery services, entities that provide restaurants with online order and delivery services, may charge restaurants during states of emergency when restaurants are prohibited from offering food for consumption on-premises, plus an additional 90 days thereafter. During such time periods, third-party delivery services would be prohibited from charging more than a 15% fee per order for providing delivery services to a restaurant, and more than a 5% fee per order for all other types of charges. Violations of the prohibitions in this bill would be subject to civil penalties of up to $1000 per restaurant per day. The Corporation Counsel would be empowered to enforce the bill’s provisions by instituting civil action against third-party delivery services in violation, and by conducting investigations pursuant to such civil action.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1908-B, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1908-A, 3. Summary of Int. No. 1908, 4. Int. No. 1908, 5. February 27, 2020 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 6. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-27-20, 7. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 27, 2020, 8. Proposed Int. No. 1908-A - 4/30/20, 9. Committee Report 4/29/20, 10. Hearing Testimony 4/29/20, 11. Hearing Testimony 4/29/20 (Con't), 12. Hearing Transcript 4/29/20, 13. Proposed Int. No. 1908-B - 5/12/20, 14. Committee Report 5/13/20, 15. Hearing Transcript 5/13/20, 16. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 17. May 13, 2020 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 18. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-13-20, 19. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 13, 2020, 20. Int. No. 1908-B (FINAL), 21. Fiscal Impact Statement, 22. Mayor's Letter, 23. Local Law 52
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
5/26/2020BFrancisco P. Moya City Council Recved from Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/26/2020BFrancisco P. Moya Mayor Signed Into Law by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/26/2020BFrancisco P. Moya Mayor Hearing Held by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/13/2020BFrancisco P. Moya City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/13/2020BFrancisco P. Moya City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/13/2020*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Small Business Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/13/2020*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Small Business Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/13/2020*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Small Business Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/13/2020BFrancisco P. Moya Committee on Small Business Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/29/2020*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/29/2020*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/29/2020*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Small Business Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/29/2020*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Small Business Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/27/2020*Francisco P. Moya City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/27/2020*Francisco P. Moya City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1908-B

 

By Council Members Moya, Gjonaj, Kallos, Brannan, Rosenthal, Gibson, Ayala, Van Bramer, Rivera, Cohen, Perkins, Louis, Lander, Chin, Koslowitz, Ampry-Samuel, Powers, Vallone, Lancman, Constantinides, Holden and Menchaca

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to fees charged by third-party food delivery services during, and for 90 days after, a declared emergency that prohibits on-premises dining

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subchapter 22 to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER 22

THIRD-PARTY FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES

§ 20-845 Definitions. For the purposes of this subchapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

Declared emergency. The term “declared emergency” means the period during which a state disaster emergency has been declared by the governor of the state of New York or a state of emergency has been declared by the mayor, such declaration is in effect in the city, and all food service establishments in the city are prohibited from providing food for consumption on-premises.

Delivery fee. The term “delivery fee” means a fee charged by a third-party food delivery service for providing a food service establishment with a service that delivers food from such establishment to customers. The term does not include any other fee that may be charged by a third-party food delivery service to a food service establishment, such as fees for listing or advertising the food service establishment on the third-party food delivery service platform or fees related to processing the online order.

Food service establishment. The term “food service establishment” has the same meaning as provided in subdivision s of section 81.03 of the health code of the city of New York.

Online order. The term “online order” means any order placed by a customer through or with the assistance of a platform provided by a third-party food delivery service, including a telephone order.

Purchase price. The term “purchase price” means the total price of the items contained in an online order that are listed on the menu of the food service establishment where such order is placed. Such term does not include taxes, gratuities and any other fees that may make up the total cost to the customer of an online order.

Third-party food delivery service. The term “third-party food delivery service” means any website, mobile application or other internet service that offers or arranges for the sale of food and beverages prepared by, and the same-day delivery or same-day pickup of food and beverages from, no fewer than 20 food service establishments located in the city that are owned and operated by different persons.

§ 20-846 Fee limits during declared emergencies. a. It shall be unlawful for a third-party food delivery service to charge a food service establishment a delivery fee that totals more than 15% of the purchase price of each online order.

b. It shall be unlawful for a third-party food delivery service to charge a food service establishment any fee or fees other than a delivery fee for the use of their service greater than 5% of the purchase price of each online order. Any fees or other charges from a third-party food delivery service to a food service establishment beyond such maximum 5% fee per order, and a delivery fee collected pursuant to subdivision a of this section, are unlawful.

c. The requirements of this section apply only during a declared emergency and for a period of 90 days after the end of a declared emergency.

§ 20-848 Penalties and enforcement. a. Any person that violates any provision of this subchapter or any rule promulgated pursuant to this subchapter shall be subject to a civil penalty that shall not exceed $1,000 per violation. Violations under this subchapter shall accrue on a daily basis for each day and for each food service establishment charged a fee in violation of this subchapter or any rule promulgated pursuant to this subchapter. A proceeding to recover any civil penalty authorized pursuant to this subchapter may be brought in any tribunal established within the office of administrative trials and hearings or within any agency of the city designated to conduct such proceedings.

b. A civil action may be brought by the corporation counsel on behalf of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover any or all of the following:

1. Any civil penalty authorized pursuant to this section;

2. Injunctive relief to restrain or enjoin any activity in violation of this section;

3. Restitution of an amount not to exceed the amount of fees collected by a third-party food delivery service that exceeded the maximum amounts permitted pursuant to this subchapter;

4. attorneys’ fees and costs, and such other remedies as a court may deem appropriate.

c. The corporation counsel may initiate any investigation to ascertain such facts as may be necessary for the commencement of a civil action pursuant to this section, and in connection therewith shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, to administer oaths and to examine such persons as are deemed necessary.

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

 

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