NYC Council Introduction 1078

intro.nyc/1078-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Prohibiting the sale of certain gift cards that lack chip-and-PIN technology.
Status: Committee Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
Sponsored by Linda Lee
Introduced: October 10, 2024

This bill would prohibit any person from selling or offering for sale a physical gift card that is usable at multiple affiliated merchants or at multiple unaffiliated merchants unless it is equipped with chip-and-PIN technology. Any person who violates this prohibition would be liable for a civil penalty of not less than $500 nor greater than $1,000 that would be recoverable in a proceeding before the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings.