New York A 10215: Relates to street cleanliness and snow removal requirements for city concessionaires, franchises and for revocable consents

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A10215 Summary:

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Amd §§16-118 & 16-123, NYC Ad Cd

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Relates to street cleanliness and snow removal requirements for city concessionaires, franchises and for revocable consents; requires every person in charge of a permanent or semi-permanent structure installed or placed upon a sidewalk, street, alley, park, highway, or right of way pursuant to a concession or franchise agreement or revocable consent with the city of New York shall keep and cause to be kept the sidewalk, flagging and curbstone abutting said structure free from obstruction and nuisances of every kind, and shall keep said sidewalks, flagging and curbstones free from garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter, debris and other offensive material; provides penalties for failure to remove rubbish, snow or ice, dirt or other materials.

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BILL NOA10215 

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02/12/2026referred to cities

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Go to topA10215 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10215

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Cities

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to street cleanliness and snow removal requirements for city
 concessionaires, franchises and for revocable consents

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 16-118 of the administrative code
 2 of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (c) Every person in charge of a permanent or semi-permanent structure
 5 installed or placed upon a sidewalk, street, alley, park, highway, or
 6 right of way pursuant to a concession or franchise agreement or revoca-
 7 ble consent with the city of New York shall keep and cause to be kept
 8 the sidewalk, flagging and curbstone abutting said structure free from
 9 obstruction and nuisances of every kind, and shall keep said sidewalks,
 10 flagging and curbstones free from garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter,
 11 debris and other offensive material. When the location described in the
 12 applicable concession or franchise agreement or revocable consent with
 13 the city of New York abuts a curbstone, such persons shall also remove
 14 garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter, debris and other offensive material
 15 between the curbstone abutting the border of the location and the road-
 16 way area extending one and one-half feet from all sides into the street
 17 on which such location fronts. When the location described in the appli-
 18 cable concession or franchise agreement or revocable consent with the
 19 city of New York is within a park or otherwise does not abut a curb-
 20 stone, such persons shall remove garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter,
 21 debris and other offensive material from area extending six feet from
 22 all sides of such location.
 23 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 9 of the section 16-118 of the admin-
 24 istrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number
 25 67 of the city of New York for the year 2024, is amended to read as
 26 follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14751-01-6

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 1 a. (1) not less than $50 and not more than $250 for a first violation,
 2 except that the civil penalty shall be not less than $250 and not more
 3 than $350 for a second violation of subdivision 4 or 6 of this section
 4 within any 12 month period, and not less than $350 and not more than
 5 $450 for a third or subsequent violation of subdivision 4 or 6 of this
 6 section within any 12 month period;
 7 (2) notwithstanding subparagraph (1) of paragraph a of this subdivi-
 8 sion, $50 for a first violation of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 or of
 9 subdivision 3 of this section, or of any rules promulgated pursuant
 10 thereto, $100 for a second violation of such paragraph or subdivision or
 11 of any rules promulgated pursuant thereto within any