Int. No. 1069
By Council Member Abreu (by request of the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the study of safe delivery times by contracted delivery workers and the promulgation of safe delivery time standards
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 20-563.14 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a local law amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to the retention of delivery data, as proposed in introduction number 78 for the year 2026, is amended by adding new subdivisions b and c to read as follows:
b. Historical trip data. A delivery service shall submit to the department, in a format prescribed by the department, data and information required by subdivision a of this section for each trip made by a contracted delivery worker on behalf of such delivery service during the 24-month period prior to the effective date of the local law that added this section, to the extent that such data or information is in the possession of such delivery service.
c. Safe delivery study. 1. The department shall conduct a study on street safety impacts, and potential responses to any such impacts, resulting from the manner in which a delivery service offers or assigns trips to a contracted delivery worker. In conducting such study, the department may use or examine information or data provided to the department pursuant to subdivisions a and b of this section, traffic data, street designs, applicable traffic rules and regulations, and any other relevant information.
2. Safe delivery requirements. The department shall promulgate rules establishing requirements for the safe delivery of goods by a contracted delivery worker on behalf of a delivery service in accordance with the findings of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision. Such requirements may include, but need not be limited to:
(a) Minimum allowable amount of time for a contracted delivery worker to complete a trip, or any part thereof, without penalty by a delivery service;
(b) Limitations on incentives or penalties that a delivery service may offer to or impose on a contracted delivery worker to encourage such worker to complete a trip, or any part of a trip, within a defined amount of time;
(c) Procedures for a delivery service to identify, report, or prevent roadway hazards to contracted delivery workers and the public; and
(d) Any other relevant standards to promote such safe delivery.
§ 2. This local law takes effect on the same date that a local law amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to the retention of delivery data, as proposed in introduction number 78 for the year 2026, takes effect.
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