Details Meeting Name: Committee on Consumer Affairs (inactive) Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 7/12/2016 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl. Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Not available   Attachments: Meeting Items (7) 7 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 0697-2015 * Ritchie J. Torres   Proposed Int. No. 697-A Regulation of laundries. Introduction Laundries in the City are licensed by the Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”). The current licensing scheme dates from the early 20th Century and certain activities are not properly regulated. This bill would update the City’s laundry licensing law to better regulate the industry as it operates today. The bill would create a tiered licensing scheme to capture three distinct activities: retail laundry, industrial laundry and industrial laundry delivery. This bill would create additional requirements related to cleanliness and hygiene for industrial laundries and industrial laundry delivery services. Industrial laundries would be required to implement procedures to ensure that all laundry is hygienically cleaned and, businesses engaged in industrial laundry delivery would be required to implement procedures to ensure separation of clean and dirty laundry in order to maintain cleanliness. Finally, this bill would create a task force to review the industry and the enforcement of the law and make any recommendations to the Council and the Mayor. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0697-2015 * Ritchie J. Torres     Regulation of laundries. Introduction Laundries in the City are licensed by the Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”). The current licensing scheme dates from the early 20th Century and certain activities are not properly regulated. This bill would update the City’s laundry licensing law to better regulate the industry as it operates today. The bill would create a tiered licensing scheme to capture three distinct activities: retail laundry, industrial laundry and industrial laundry delivery. This bill would create additional requirements related to cleanliness and hygiene for industrial laundries and industrial laundry delivery services. Industrial laundries would be required to implement procedures to ensure that all laundry is hygienically cleaned and, businesses engaged in industrial laundry delivery would be required to implement procedures to ensure separation of clean and dirty laundry in order to maintain cleanliness. Finally, this bill would create a task force to review the industry and the enforcement of the law and make any recommendations to the Council and the Mayor. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0697-2015 * Ritchie J. Torres     Regulation of laundries. Introduction Laundries in the City are licensed by the Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”). The current licensing scheme dates from the early 20th Century and certain activities are not properly regulated. This bill would update the City’s laundry licensing law to better regulate the industry as it operates today. The bill would create a tiered licensing scheme to capture three distinct activities: retail laundry, industrial laundry and industrial laundry delivery. This bill would create additional requirements related to cleanliness and hygiene for industrial laundries and industrial laundry delivery services. Industrial laundries would be required to implement procedures to ensure that all laundry is hygienically cleaned and, businesses engaged in industrial laundry delivery would be required to implement procedures to ensure separation of clean and dirty laundry in order to maintain cleanliness. Finally, this bill would create a task force to review the industry and the enforcement of the law and make any recommendations to the Council and the Mayor. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0697-2015 A Ritchie J. Torres     Regulation of laundries. Introduction Laundries in the City are licensed by the Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”). The current licensing scheme dates from the early 20th Century and certain activities are not properly regulated. This bill would update the City’s laundry licensing law to better regulate the industry as it operates today. The bill would create a tiered licensing scheme to capture three distinct activities: retail laundry, industrial laundry and industrial laundry delivery. This bill would create additional requirements related to cleanliness and hygiene for industrial laundries and industrial laundry delivery services. Industrial laundries would be required to implement procedures to ensure that all laundry is hygienically cleaned and, businesses engaged in industrial laundry delivery would be required to implement procedures to ensure separation of clean and dirty laundry in order to maintain cleanliness. Finally, this bill would create a task force to review the industry and the enforcement of the law and make any recommendations to the Council and the Mayor. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 1231-2016 * Daniel R. Garodnick   Preconsidered Vending Tickets Introduction The bill would create an exemption to the rebuttable presumption applicable to vending tickets. The rebuttable presumption that violation of any laws or rules relating to ticket selling was caused by the place of entertainment, mode of transportation, or guided tour whose ticket is vended and/or the person on whose behalf the ticket is vended would not apply where the ticket is counterfeit or where the circumstances of the vending were not authorized or subject to the control of such venue. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1231-2016 * Daniel R. Garodnick     Vending Tickets Introduction The bill would create an exemption to the rebuttable presumption applicable to vending tickets. The rebuttable presumption that violation of any laws or rules relating to ticket selling was caused by the place of entertainment, mode of transportation, or guided tour whose ticket is vended and/or the person on whose behalf the ticket is vended would not apply where the ticket is counterfeit or where the circumstances of the vending were not authorized or subject to the control of such venue. P-C Item Approved by Comm Pass Action details Not available