Increases the penalties for internet-based food-ordering service providers failing to provide a link to the city of New York health department or local health department and the amount of such penalty depending on whether such inter-based food-ordering service is primarily a restaurant or just app-based.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9038
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
general municipal law, in relation to penalties for internet-based
food-ordering service providers failing to comply with the posting of
a sanitary inspection grade
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 17-195.1 of the administrative code of the city of
New York, as added by chapter 540 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 17-195.1 Posting of sanitary inspection grade. a. [Definition]
DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (1) "Internet-based food
delivery service provider" shall mean any:
(I) food service establishment as defined in section 81.03 of the
health code of the city of New York that accepts food orders for deliv-
ery OR PICKUP from customers via the internet OR MOBILE APPLICATION, or
[mobile application, or] (II) any [third-party] website or mobile appli-
cation that accepts food orders for delivery OR PICKUP from customers
via the internet.
(2) "CONSPICUOUSLY POST" SHALL MEAN TO POST THE HYPERLINK TO THE CITY
OF NEW YORK'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOOD ESTABLISHMENT LOOK UP TOOL AT THE
TOP OF THE MENU PAGE ADJACENT TO THE NAME OF THE FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISH-
MENT OR USER INTERFACE WHERE FOOD IS ORDERED AND ADDED TO CART.
b. Every internet-based food delivery service provider shall conspicu-
ously post on their website or mobile application a hyperlink to the
city of New York's health department food establishments lookup tool,
which lists the most current sanitary inspection letter grade of any
food service establishment, pursuant to section 81.51 of the health code
of the city of New York, for which food delivery OR ONLINE ORDERING
services are provided to customers.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11943-06-5
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