Int. No. 892
By Council Members Abreu, Louis, Hudson and Morano
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to restricting the frequency of price increases in grocery stores
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 5 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 20-708.2 to read as follows:
§ 20-708.2 Restriction on frequent price increases in retail food stores. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term “retail food store” has the same meaning as in subdivision 2 of section 500-A of the agriculture and markets law.
b. Prohibition. No retail food store shall increase the price of any item more than once in a 24-hour period.
§ 2. Section 20-711 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 80 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:
§20-711 Penalties. Any person who shall violate the provisions of section 20-708 [or], section 20-708.2, or section 20-709 hereof or rules promulgated pursuant to this subchapter, other than the provisions of section 20-708.1 or rules promulgated under such section, shall pay a civil penalty of fifty dollars for the first violation, one hundred and seventy-five dollars for the second violation and two hundred fifty dollars for the third and each subsequent violation and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation; except that a person shall be subject to a civil penalty of zero dollars for a first violation of section 20-708 of this subchapter or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, if such person proves to the satisfaction of the department, within thirty days of the issuance of the notice of violation and prior to the commencement of an adjudication of the violation, that the violation has been cured. The submission of proof of a cure, if accepted by the department as proof that the violation has been cured, shall be deemed an admission of liability for all purposes. The option of presenting proof that the violation has been cured shall be offered as part of any settlement offer made by the department to a person who has received, for the first time, a notice of violation of section 20-708 of this subchapter or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. The department shall permit such proof to be submitted electronically or in person. A person may seek review, in the department's administrative tribunal, of the determination that the person has not submitted proof of a cure within fifteen days of receiving written notification of such determination. For the purposes of this section, each group of identical consumer commodities for which on any single day the total selling price or price per measure is not displayed in accordance with section 20-708 [or], section 20-708.2, or section 20-709 or rules promulgated pursuant to this subchapter, other than the provisions of section 20-708.1 or rules promulgated under such section, shall be considered a single violation.
§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.
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LS #19993/20917
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