Introductory No. 729 Introductory No. 730 TRANSCRIP? OF THE STENOGRAPAIC RECORD of the PUBLIC HEARING ON LOCAL LAWS held before THE HONORABLE EDWARD I. KOCH, MAYOR at CITY HALL, CITY OF WEW YORK SEPTEMBER 7, 1979 2:30°P. Me ACME REPORTING SERVICE SHORTHAND ANO STENOTYSE RePoRTERS 192 Nassau Staeer NEW YORK, NEW YORK. 10038 TeLerHones: BEExWAN 3.0564.0665-0610 u 2 13 4 15 16 7 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 Int. Nos. 729, 730 2 THE MAYOR: The Public Hearing on Local Laws will come to order. sitting with me at the table are the Majority Leader, Tom Cuite and Commissioner Bruce Ratner of Consumer Affairs. Here comes Councilmembers Archie Spigner, Henry J. Stern and Carol Greitzer. The first hearing is to consider Introductory Numbers -729 and 730. Introductory No. 729 was introduced by Vice Chairman Cuite and Council Member Greitzer--by request of the Mayor+-and also Council Members Horwitz, Pinkett and Gerges. Introductory No. 730 was introduced by Vice Chairman Cuite and Council Member Greitzer--by request of the Mayor+-and also co-sponsors, Council Menbers Pinkett and Trichter. Introductory No. 729 amends the Administrative Code of the City of New York, in relation to designating areas in which general vending is to be prohibited and providing for the removal of goods, vehicles and stands of general vendors operating in such areas; limiting the totai number of general vendor licenses, changing the @efinition of public space and providing for payment of ACME REPORTING SERVICE ce ieee ee aa eee eee12 13 14 21 22 (23 24 25 Int. Nos. 729, 730 a removal costs of gdods seized from unlicensed: food and general vendors. Introductory No. -730 amends the Administrative Code of the City of New York, in relation to providing for adjudication of violations of laws relating to street peddlers by the Environmental Control Board and the Administrative Tribunal of the Board of Health and to certain technical corrections. The general vendor legisiation I am signing today adopts a number of common sense ideas to help the City enforce the basic peddler law, and to protect New Yorkers who are entitled to streets that are as uncongestéd as possible. A change in the law will enable the police to remove the merchandise of vendors who are operating in certain highly congested areas, once regulations are issued specifying the areas. We are changing the fine structure for vio- lations of the peddler law, by imposing a series of graduated minimum amounts and by transferring the handling of these offenses ‘from the Criminal Courts. to the Environmental Control Board. The law places a ceiling on the total number of peddlers that can be licensed at any one time, and ACME REPORTING SERVICE ea