Requiring food service establishments and retail food stores to donate excess food.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced Nov 25, 2025
Official status: Filed (End of Session)
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring food service establishments and retail food stores to donate excess food” Read the full text
General Welfare
What it does
This bill would require food service establishments, such as restaurants, and retail food stores, such as grocery stores, to enter into an agreement to donate their excess edible food to an organization that provides free food to people in need.
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 by Council · Nov 25, 2025
Referred to Comm by Council · Nov 25, 2025
Filed (End of Session) · Dec 31, 2025
Official documents
Summary of Int. No. 1476
officialInt. No. 1476
officialNovember 25, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
officialHearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-25-25
officialStraight from the Council record: fiscal impact statements, committee reports, and hearing transcripts as filed.
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Who is lobbying on this
From 2 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.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025).