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NY S08478
Bill
Status
8/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
April Baskin
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AI Summary
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Requires vendors at state-operated or state-leased transportation facilities (airports, train stations, bus terminals) and toll road service areas to sell pre-packaged food and beverages at "street pricing"
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Defines "street pricing" as prices comparable to those charged for the same or similar items sold by the same or similar vendor outside the facility within a 5-mile radius
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Imposes civil penalties of up to $500 per violation, with repeated violations potentially resulting in suspension or revocation of vendor contracts or leases
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Amends the transportation law, highway law, and public authorities law to cover vendors, contractors, and concessionaires at service plazas, rest stops, and traveler facilities
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with rulemaking authority granted immediately to implement compliance verification, consumer complaint procedures, and enforcement
Legislative Description
Requires street pricing for pre-packaged food and beverage items sold by vendors at certain transportation facilities and on toll roads; defines street pricing; provides that vendors may be subject to civil penalties not to exceed five hundred dollars per violation.
Last Action
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
1/7/2026