NYC Council committee
Consumer and Worker Protection
The committee is the Council’s own label for what a bill is about; every bill is referred to one. Outcome numbers cover 2010 to 2025; the bills below are the full 2024 to 2027 session.
189
bills referred, 2010 to 2025
39
became law
20.6%
of this committee’s bills became law
From official Council records. The counts are the record; the interpretation is yours.
Who sits on it
Harvey D. Epstein · chairCarl WilsonCarmen N. De La RosaChi A. OsséChris BanksGale A. BrewerJoann AriolaKamillah HanksLynn C. SchulmanShekar KrishnanShirley Aldebol
11 members, from official Council rosters.
Became law
A public outreach and education program regarding Hajj and Umrah-related scams.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jun 22, 2026)
Providing outreach and education on consumer protection issues that affect tourists.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jun 15, 2026)
A student loan financial counseling program.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 27, 2026)
Local Law 061 of 2026Establishment of compensation and training standards for security guards.
Overridden by Council (Jan 29, 2026)
Wrongful deactivation of app-based contracted delivery workers.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 20, 2026)
Reforming certain business licensing requirements.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Dec 15, 2025)
Licensing self-storage warehouses.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Dec 1, 2025)
Issuing licenses to mobile food and general vendors.
Overridden by Council (Jan 29, 2026)
Requiring tax preparers to provide customers with statements itemizing all charges.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Dec 1, 2025)
Requiring home improvement contractors to provide information on required permits to owners and requiring public outreach and education on the watch list of contractors performing work without a permit.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Dec 15, 2025)
Protections for contracted delivery workers.
Overridden by Council (Sep 10, 2025)
Minimum payments to grocery delivery workers.
Overridden by Council (Sep 10, 2025)
Consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Dec 1, 2025)
Licensing Hotels
Recved from Mayor by Council (Nov 4, 2024)
Requiring delivery services to provide contracted delivery workers with information underlying their pay calculations.
City Charter Rule Adopted (Aug 13, 2025)
Requiring unsolicited offers to purchase certain residential properties to include disclosures of market value.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Mar 17, 2025)
Providing certain homeownership information to homeowners and their heirs.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Mar 17, 2025)
Establishing gratuity standards for food delivery workers and grocery delivery workers.
City Charter Rule Adopted (Aug 13, 2025)
Requiring third-party food delivery services and third-party grocery delivery services to provide an opportunity to pay a gratuity before or at the same time an online order is placed.
City Charter Rule Adopted (Aug 13, 2025)
Establishing exemptions for third-party food delivery services from the limits on fees charged by such services on food service establishments.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jun 2, 2025)
Aligning the requirements of the earned safe and sick time act and the temporary schedule change act.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Oct 27, 2025)
Outreach about fraudulent schemes committed by providers of immigration assistance services.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jul 31, 2025)
Payment of fees imposed in relation to the rental of residential real property.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Dec 16, 2024)
Creating a division within the department of small business services to assist street vendors and reporting regarding such assistance efforts
Overridden by Council (Jan 29, 2026)
Expanding business licensing and regulatory compliance of all mobile food and general vendors.
Overridden by Council (Jan 29, 2026)
Limiting increases of occupancy fees for self-storage units and restricting the reasons for termination of an occupancy agreement.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Dec 1, 2025)
Requiring the posting of lithium-ion or other storage battery safety information in powered bicycle or powered mobility device businesses.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 1, 2024)
Third-party delivery workers and powered bicycle safety.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Oct 14, 2025)
Increasing the penalties for illegal powered mobility devices.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 1, 2024)
Safe delivery device access for contracted delivery workers.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jul 31, 2025)
Repealing the misdemeanor criminal penalties for general vendors and mobile food vendors.
Overridden by Council (Sep 10, 2025)
Vendor display and storage of goods, and to repeal sections 17-313 and 20-463 of such code, relating to bookkeeping requirements for vendors.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 1, 2024)
Requiring food vendors to obtain a certificate of authority to collect sales tax, repeal sections 17-310 & 20-457 of such code, relating to tax clearance and minimum tax payments for renewal of mobile food licenses, permits and general vending licenses.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 1, 2024)
Prohibiting vending in bicycle lanes.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 1, 2024)
Moving now
Establishment of a trade-in program concerning powered bicycles.
Referred to Comm by Council (Aug 13, 2026)
Making certain changes to the pedicab law.
Referred to Comm by Council (Aug 13, 2026)
Establishing the taxi and limousine commission’s authority over pedicabs, and to repeal subchapter 9 of chapter 2 of title 20 of such code relating to the department of consumer and worker protection’s oversight and regulation of pedicabs.
Referred to Comm by Council (Aug 13, 2026)
Requiring third-party food delivery services to maintain liability insurance.
Referred to Comm by Council (Aug 13, 2026)
Prohibiting third-party grocery delivery services from requiring delivery workers to wear backpacks for deliveries on certain vehicles or to make deliveries of goods weighing more than 22 pounds in a single trip.
Referred to Comm by Council (Aug 13, 2026)
Licensing of businesses that engage individuals to sell tickets in public spaces.
Referred to Comm by Council (Aug 13, 2026)
Mandating that the department of consumer and worker protection conduct a comprehensive one-time study and publish its findings on the economic effects of private equity firms on small businesses in New York city.
Referred to Comm by Council (Jul 16, 2026)
Use of safe time for parental involvement in school-related events.
Referred to Comm by Council (Jul 16, 2026)
Prohibiting vending on Washington Street between York Street and Front Street in Brooklyn.
Referred to Comm by Council (Jun 30, 2026)
Licensing delivery services.
Referred to Comm by Council (Jun 11, 2026)
Requiring signs regarding penalties for assaulting retail, bodega, deli, and dukkan workers.
Referred to Comm by Council (Jun 11, 2026)
Establishing an office of artificial intelligence oversight.
Referred to Comm by Council (May 20, 2026)
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Prohibiting the sale of glue traps.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Student loan financial counseling program.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Prohibiting certain employers from considering an individual’s vaccination status when making employment decisions.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Minimum pay for workers.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Prohibiting vending on certain streets in Queens.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Collecting and disclosing personal and sensitive information about New York city residents.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
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