Int. No. 802-A
By Council Members Won, Menin, Farías, Ayala, Louis, Stevens, Banks, Hudson, Gutiérrez, Schulman, Narcisse and Brooks-Powers
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing guidelines for insurance requirements for food procurement vendors
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 6 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 6-130.1 to read as follows:
§ 6-130.1 Guidelines for insurance requirements for food procurement vendors. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Food procurement vendor. The term "food procurement vendor" means any vendor that enters into a contract with an agency to provide food-related services.
Food-related services. The term "food-related services" means any services where the principal purpose of the contract is the provision, preparation, handling, transportation, storage, or serving of food.
b. The mayor shall designate an agency or an office within the executive office of the mayor to establish guidelines relating to the amount of insurance or type of insurance a food procurement vendor must carry. Such agency or office shall establish such guidelines in consultation with the office of food policy, and shall provide a draft of any such guidelines or changes to such guidelines to the council at least 30 days prior to finalizing them.
c. Any solicitation by an agency for food-related services shall be consistent with the guidelines established pursuant to subdivision b of this section.
d. The agency or office designated by the mayor pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall review the guidelines established pursuant to such subdivision every two years and revise such guidelines in accordance with such review.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after enactment.
Session 13
ARP
LS # 15780
9/18/24