File #: Int 0156-2026    Version: * Name: Permitting street vendors to vend within two feet from the curb.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to permitting street vendors to vend within two feet from the curb
Sponsors: Carmen N. De La Rosa, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Amanda C. Farías, Shekar Krishnan, Shahana K. Hanif, Chi A. Ossé, Tiffany L. Cabán, Sandy Nurse, Christopher Marte, Lincoln Restler, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Julie Won, Alexa Avilés, Crystal Hudson, Farah N. Louis, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Althea V. Stevens
Council Member Sponsors: 17
Summary: This bill would allow vendors to place their pushcarts two feet from the curb unless there is an obstruction in or on the sidewalk, in which case it would allow vendors to place their pushcarts as close as possible to the obstruction. Currently, the law requires pushcarts to abut the curb, endangering the safety of vendors who must exit their carts onto the street, and potentially, into oncoming traffic.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 156, 2. Int. No. 156, 3. January 29, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-29-26

Int. No. 156

By Council Members De La Rosa, P. Sanchez, Farías, Krishnan, Hanif, Ossé, Cabán, Nurse, Marte, Restler, Gutiérrez, Won, Avilés, Hudson, Louis, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams) and Stevens

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to permitting street vendors to vend within two feet from the curb

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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

                     a. No pushcart shall be placed upon any sidewalk unless said sidewalk has at least a twelve foot clear pedestrian path to be measured from the boundary of any private property to any obstruction in or on the sidewalk, or if there are no obstructions, to the curb. [In no event shall any pushcart be placed on any part of a sidewalk other than that which abuts the curb.] All pushcarts on the sidewalk must be placed within two feet from the curb. Where an obstruction prevents such placement, pushcarts must be placed as close as possible to the obstruction.

                     § 2. Subdivision a of section 20-465 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:

                     a. No general vendor shall engage in any vending business on any sidewalk unless such sidewalk has at least a twelve-foot wide clear pedestrian path to be measured from the boundary of any private property to any obstructions in or on the sidewalk, or if there are no obstructions, to the curb. [In no event shall any pushcart or stand be placed on any part of a sidewalk other than that which abuts the curb.] All pushcarts on the sidewalk must be placed within two feet from the curb. Where an obstruction prevents such placement, pushcarts must be placed as close as possible to the obstruction.

                     § 3. This law shall take effect 120 days after it becomes law.

 

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