File #: Int 0547-2026    Version: * Name: Amending the icon for added sugar warning labels and the amount for civil penalties.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Health
On agenda: 2/12/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to amending the icon for added sugar warning labels and the amount for civil penalties
Sponsors: Oswald J. Feliz, Tiffany L. Cabán, Shaun Abreu, Lynn C. Schulman, Althea V. Stevens, Farah N. Louis
Council Member Sponsors: 6
Summary: This bill would require the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to change the design of the required high-sugar warning symbol to be a red triangular symbol with the words HIGH SUGAR in capital letters, bold type, and red color, displayed next to or below the triangle. The bill would also require DOHMH to increase the civil penalty for violating the law from $200 to $1,000.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 547, 2. Int. No. 547, 3. Memorandum in Support, 4. Committee Report 2/18/26

Int. No. 547

 

By Council Members Feliz, Cabán, Abreu, Schulman, Stevens and Louis

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to amending the icon for added sugar warning labels and the amount for civil penalties

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. The definition of “icon” set forth in subdivision a of section 17-199.18 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 33 for the year 2022, is amended to read as follows:

Icon. The term "icon" means [a graphic or illustrated image, with or without accompanying text.] a triangular warning symbol, displayed in a conspicuous red color, with the words HIGH SUGAR in capital letters, bold typeface, and red coloring displayed adjacent to or directly below the triangular symbol.

§ 2. Subdivision d of section 17-199.18 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 150 for the year 2023, is amended to read as follows:

d. Any covered establishment that violates any of the provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of [$200] $1000 for a violation thereof.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

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