The New York City Council - File #: Int 1108-2026

• File #: Int 1108-2026
• Version: *
• Name: Prohibiting new smoking paraphernalia retailer dealers near schools.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• Committee: Committee on Health
• On agenda: 10/8/2026
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting new smoking paraphernalia retailer dealers near schools
• Sponsors: Ty Hankerson, Shanel Thomas-Henry
• Council Member Sponsors: 2
• Summary: This bill would prohibit retailers that sell smoking paraphernalia, including water pipes, rolling papers, electronic cigarette components, and smoking accessories from operating within 500 feet of a school.

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
10/8/2026	*	Ty Hankerson	City Council
10/8/2026	*	Ty Hankerson	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1108

By Council Members Hankerson, Thomas-Henry and Riley

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting new smoking paraphernalia retailer dealers near schools

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 17-702 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 228 for the year 2019, is amended by adding a new subdivision dd to read as follows:

dd. “Smoking paraphernalia retail dealer” means any person engaged in the retail sale of non-tobacco smoking products. For the purposes of this section, the possession or transportation at any one time of more than 20 non-tobacco smoking products by any person other than a manufacturer or a person delivering such products in the regular course of business for a manufacturer or smoking paraphernalia retail dealer, shall be presumptive evidence that such person is a smoking paraphernalia retail dealer.

§ 2. Subchapter 1 of chapter 7 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-706.1 to read as follows:

§ 17-706.1 Smoking paraphernalia retail dealer locations. It is unlawful for any person to engage in business as a smoking paraphernalia retail dealer within 500 feet of any public or non-public school serving children in any grade from kindergarten through high school.

§ 3. Section 17-709 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 80 for the year 2020, is amended to read as follows:

§ 17-709 Enforcement. The department of health and mental hygiene and the department of finance shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter. The department of consumer and worker protection shall enforce sections 17-703, 17-703.1, 17-704, 17-704.1, 17-705, [and] 17-706 and 17-706.1. In addition, designated enforcement employees of any authorizing agency shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this subchapter.

§ 4. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law, except that before such date the commissioner of consumer and worker protection shall publicize the location restriction set forth in section 17-706.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section two of this local law.

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LS #23318

Int. 755-2024

9/16/2026 4:33 PM