Int. No. 1160
By Council Members Epstein, Marte, Cabán, De La Rosa, Farías and Hanif
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the commissioner of consumer and worker protection to promulgate rules regarding rest areas for food delivery workers
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 15 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 20-1528 to read as follows:
§ 20-1528 Provision of rest areas. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Bicycle with electric assist. The term “bicycle with electric assist” has the same meaning as set forth in section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law.
Rest area. The term “rest area” means an indoor space that provides access to bathrooms, places to rest, charging stations for bicycles with electric assist, and bicycle storage.
b. No later than 1 year after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the commissioner shall promulgate rules requiring each third-party food delivery service to provide rest areas for food delivery workers. Such rules shall require a third-party food delivery service to provide all food delivery workers retained by all third-party food delivery services unrestricted access to and use of all rest areas. Such rules shall also, at a minimum, address the following:
1. The number and capacity of rest areas that each third-party food delivery service must provide, which may vary based on the number of food delivery workers retained by a third-party food delivery service; and
2. The geographic areas where a third-party food delivery service may locate rest areas, which may vary based on the areas of the city where the food delivery workers retained by a third-party food delivery service make the most deliveries.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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LS #22400/24458
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