Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection meeting
January 29, 2026, 9:00 AM
VOTE*
The Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection held hearings and voted to advance four bills the mayor had vetoed: three measures on mobile food and general vendor regulation (Int 0408-2024, Int 0431-2024, Int 1251-2025) and Int 1391-2025, which would establish compensation standards for security guards. All four were advanced for a potential veto override vote in the full Council.
What was discussed
- Chair Harvey D. Epstein convenes the committee's veto-override vote Council Member Harvey D. Epstein, Chair of the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection, opened the committee's first meeting of the term to vote on advancing four bills the mayor had vetoed.
- Committee advances vetoed street-vendor and security-guard bills On a coupled roll call, the Committee voted to advance for a veto override the street-vendor regulation bills (Int 0408-2024, Int 0431-2024, and Int 1251-2025) and Int 1391-2025, which would set compensation standards for security guards; Council Members Gale A. Brewer, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Shekar
Agenda
8 items
- M 0005-2026 Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 408-A of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to creating a division within the department of small business services to assist street vendors and reporting regarding such assistance efforts Filed by Committee
- Int 0408-2024 A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to creating a division within the department of small business services to assist street vendors and reporting regarding such assistance efforts Approved by Committee
- Int 0431-2024 A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding business licensing and regulatory compliance of all mobile food and general vendors Approved by Committee
- M 0006-2026 Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 431-B of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding business licensing and regulatory compliance of all mobile food and general vendors Filed by Committee
- Int 1251-2025 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to issuing licenses to mobile food and general vendors Approved by Committee
- M 0012-2026 Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1251-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to issuing licenses to mobile food and general vendors Filed by Committee
- Int 1391-2025 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of compensation standards for security guards Approved by Committee
- M 0015-2026 Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1391-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of compensation standards for security guards Filed by Committee