Int. No. 537
Introduced by Council Members Dear and Freed (by the request of the Manhattan Borough President); also Council Members Eisland, Harrison, Michels, O'Donovan, Robinson, Sabini and Wooten-read and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to restricting the practice of sidewalk solicitation or "hawking."
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 10-115 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
§ 10-115 Solicitation of pedestrians by pullers-in. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand, or cause or permit any person to stand on the sidewalk or street in front of, or in the entrance or hallway of any store or building for the purpose of calling the attention of passersby to goods, wares or merchandise displayed or on sale in such store or any other store or building, or to solicit patronage for any business or service, or to attempt by word of mouth or gesture, or by the distribution of handbills or other printed matter, or by the use of mechanical or sound making devices, to entice or persuade passersby to enter such store or building, or any other store or building, or to accept the services of any business, where the enticement, persuasion or solicitation of pedestrians as described herein is being conducted during the hours of 8 a.m. to 6 12.m. Monday through Saturday on a sidewalk which is less than thirteen feet wide and which is normally used b pedestrians.
b. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than [fifty] two hundred and fifty dollars, imprisonment for a period not exceeding [ten] fifteen days, or both.
§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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Note: Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] to be omitted.