Prohibit delivery services from deactivating app-based contracted delivery workers unless the deactivation is for...
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the wrongful deactivation of app-based contracted delivery workers” Read the full text
Consumer and Worker Protection
What it does
This bill would prohibit delivery services from deactivating app-based contracted delivery workers unless the deactivation is for just cause or bona fide economic reasons. A delivery service would be required to use progressive discipline prior to deactivating a worker for just cause, unless such deactivation is for egregious misconduct, and would be required to provide notice of such deactivation within 72 hours of deactivating the worker. A delivery service would be required to provide 120 days’ advance notice prior to deactivation for bona fide economic reasons. An app-based contracted delivery worker may challenge their deactivation in an informal resolution process with the delivery service, or request that the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) investigate the deactivation. If DCWP determines the deactivation was wrongful, the delivery worker would be entitled to remedies including reinstatement and payment of lost earnings.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jul 14, 2025
29 sponsors. It takes 26 votes to pass. Referred to the City Council.
Public hearing · Sep 12, 2025
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
Laid over in committee · Sep 12, 2025
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
Public hearing · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
Amended in committee · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
Amended in committee · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
Approved by committee · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
Passed the full Council · Dec 18, 2025
Sent to the Mayor · Dec 18, 2025
Became law without signature · Jan 17, 2026
The Mayor did not sign or veto it within 30 days, so it became law automatically.
The numbers
29
sponsors, out of 26 needed to pass
Key people
Who is lobbying on this
The Alliance for a Greater New York, Inc.via The Alliance for a Greater New York, Inc. · Environment & Natural Resources
4 filingsGrubhub Holdings Inc.via Grubhub Holdings Inc. · Transportation
3 filingsDoorDash, Inc.via Kline Public Strategies LLC · Technology, Telecommunications & Other Media
3 filingsAmazon.com Services LLCvia Amazon.com Services LLC · Fashion & Retail
2 filingsDoorDash, Inc.via JMG Strategies Inc. · Technology, Telecommunications & Other Media
2 filingsShipt, Inc.via Kasirer LLC · Technology, Telecommunications & Other Media
2 filingsSafe Horizon, Inc.via CMW Strategies LLC · Public, Community Interest & Not-for-profit Organization
1 filingDoorDash, Inc.via Cojo Strategies LLC · Technology, Telecommunications & Other Media
1 filingFrom 22 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
After the vote: is it being followed?
Became Local Law 34 of 2026enacted 2026-01-17
lawWhen it kicks inThis local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law, provided that: (i) the commissioner of consumer and worker protection shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such date; and (ii) that any requirement on a delivery service, as defined in section 20-1501 of the administrative code of the city of New York, to provide data, documents, testimony, or other information to the department of consumer and worker protection, by rules adopted pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 20-1538, as added by section six of this local law, may take effect prior to such date.
Build Nyc Resource Corporation - Notice Of Public Hearing - March 19, 2026Build NYC Resource Corporation · City Record, 2026-03-17
noticeNo mandated reports catalogued for this law yetnew laws appear in the city’s required-reports catalog with a lag; rulemaking and reports may still be coming
Passing a law is not the same as following it. Report status is computed from the city’s own Government Publications catalog (a report counts as overdue only after its filing period plus a 120 day grace period). Citywide, 1,048 of 2,229 legally required reports have never been filed to the public portal.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 20, 2026).