New York A 8981: Requires street pricing for pre-packaged food and beverage items sold by vendors at certain transportation facilities and on toll roads

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A08981 Summary:

BILL NOA08981 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08478

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §24, Transp L; add §20-a, Hway L; add §390, Pub Auth L

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Requires street pricing for pre-packaged food and beverage items sold by vendors at certain transportation facilities and on toll roads; defines street pricing; provides that vendors may be subject to civil penalties not to exceed five hundred dollars per violation.

Go to top A08981 Actions:

BILL NOA08981 

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08/13/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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Go to topA08981 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8981

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 August 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, the highway law and the public
 authorities law, in relation to requiring street pricing for pre-pack-
 aged food and beverage items sold by vendors at certain transportation
 facilities and on toll roads

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
 2 consumers in transit hubs and along toll roads are often subject to
 3 inflated prices for pre-packaged food and beverage items. These price
 4 disparities disproportionately impact lower- and middle-income travelers
 5 and create an inconsistent and often exploitative marketplace. It is the
 6 intent of the legislature to promote fairness and affordability by
 7 requiring vendors and contractors operating in public transportation
 8 facilities to adopt a "street pricing" model that reflects prices
 9 charged outside such facilities.
 10 § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 24 to
 11 read as follows:
 12 § 24. Street pricing requirements for transportation facility vendors.
 13 1. For the purposes of this section, "street pricing" shall mean prices
 14 comparable to those charged for the same or substantially similar items
 15 sold by the same vendor or a similar vendor outside a transportation
 16 facility within a reasonable geographic radius, not to exceed five
 17 miles.
 18 2. Any vendor operating within a state-operated or state-leased trans-
 19 portation facility, including but not limited to airports, train
 20 stations, and bus terminals, shall be required to sell all pre-packaged
 21 food and beverage items at street pricing.
 22 3. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to
 23 implement and enforce the provisions of this section, including but not

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13388-01-5

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 1 limited to methods of verifying compliance, consumer complaint proce-
 2 dures, and penalties for non-compliance, and to ensure uniform enforce-
 3 ment of this section.
 4 4. A vendor may be subject to civil penalties not to exceed five
 5 hundred dollars per violation for any violation of this section.
 6 Repeated violations may result in suspension or revocation of vendor
 7 contracts or leases.
 8 § 3. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 20-a to read
 9 as follows:
 10 § 20-a. Street pricing for food and beverage sales on toll roads. 1.
 11 For the purposes of this section, "street pricing" shall have the same
 12 meaning as in section twenty-four of the transportation law.
 13 2. Any third-party contractor, vendor, or concessionaire operating on
 14 any state-owned or state-leased toll road, including service plazas,
 15 rest stops, or other traveler facilities, shall be required to utilize
 16 street pricing for all pre-packaged food and beverage items offered for
 17 sale.
 18 3. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to
 19 implement and enforce the provisions of this section, including but not
 20 limited to methods of verifying compliance, consumer complaint proce-
 21 dures, and penalties for non-compliance, and to ensure uniform enforce-
 22 ment of this se