NYC Council Introduction 1426

intro.nyc/1426-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Newsrack requirements and enforcement.
Status: Committee Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsored by Erik D. Bottcher
Introduced: October 29, 2025

This bill would require newsrack owners to provide their email address to the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) when registering a newsrack, and permit DOT to communicate with those newsrack owners electronically. It would also expand DOT’s authority to seize newsracks that are in violation of the rules and regulations governing newsracks if the owner fails to correct the violation after receiving notice from the Department.