Details Meeting Name: Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/11/2025 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (9) 9 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2025-3098 *       Oversight - Consumer financial experiences in the retail industry. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2025-3098 *       Oversight - Consumer financial experiences in the retail industry. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0374-2024 * Keith Powers     Prohibiting businesses from setting a minimum purchase requirement greater than $10 for credit card transactions. Introduction This bill would prohibit businesses operating in New York City from setting a minimum dollar value greater than $10 for the acceptance of credit cards in selling, leasing, renting or loaning consumer goods or services to the public. Businesses would be required to post notice of such prohibition on or near any fixed point of sale terminal. The Department of Consumer Affairs would be authorized to recover civil penalties for violations. The Department would also create a web form that the public could use to report a violation. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0374-2024 * Keith Powers     Prohibiting businesses from setting a minimum purchase requirement greater than $10 for credit card transactions. Introduction This bill would prohibit businesses operating in New York City from setting a minimum dollar value greater than $10 for the acceptance of credit cards in selling, leasing, renting or loaning consumer goods or services to the public. Businesses would be required to post notice of such prohibition on or near any fixed point of sale terminal. The Department of Consumer Affairs would be authorized to recover civil penalties for violations. The Department would also create a web form that the public could use to report a violation. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1049-2024 * Selvena N. Brooks-Powers     Requiring sellers of petroleum products for use in motor vehicles or motor boats to disclose preauthorization holds. Introduction This bill would prohibit the initiation of a transaction that would result in a preauthorization hold in connection with the sale or offer for sale of any petroleum product for use in motor vehicles or motor boats unless the retailer posts written notice of the preauthorization hold in a conspicuous manner at the place where payment is accepted. The Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would set by rule the information in the notice and manner in which the notice must be displayed. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1049-2024 * Selvena N. Brooks-Powers     Requiring sellers of petroleum products for use in motor vehicles or motor boats to disclose preauthorization holds. Introduction This bill would prohibit the initiation of a transaction that would result in a preauthorization hold in connection with the sale or offer for sale of any petroleum product for use in motor vehicles or motor boats unless the retailer posts written notice of the preauthorization hold in a conspicuous manner at the place where payment is accepted. The Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would set by rule the information in the notice and manner in which the notice must be displayed. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1097-2024 * Kevin C. Riley     Requiring certain retail stores to accept flexible benefit cards. Introduction This bill would require retail stores that primarily sell food for off-site consumption and retail stores that include a pharmacy to accept flexible benefits cards distributed by health insurance providers. This requirement would only apply to such retail stores that currently accept credit or debit cards. The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) would be required to provide outreach and education on this requirement. For any violation that occurs within one year of this requirement becoming law, DCWP would issue a warning. After one year, DCWP may issue a civil penalty of $250 for a first violation and $500 for any subsequent violation within 18 months of a previous violation. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1097-2024 * Kevin C. Riley     Requiring certain retail stores to accept flexible benefit cards. Introduction This bill would require retail stores that primarily sell food for off-site consumption and retail stores that include a pharmacy to accept flexible benefits cards distributed by health insurance providers. This requirement would only apply to such retail stores that currently accept credit or debit cards. The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) would be required to provide outreach and education on this requirement. For any violation that occurs within one year of this requirement becoming law, DCWP would issue a warning. After one year, DCWP may issue a civil penalty of $250 for a first violation and $500 for any subsequent violation within 18 months of a previous violation. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available