Public Conduct in Yonkers, NY (2026)
3 verified public conduct rules for Yonkers, New York, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Yonkers bans aggressive solicitation everywhere in the city and bans all begging within 10 feet of a bank, check-cashing business or ATM entrance during business hours. City Code Chapter 86, adopted February 25, 2020, defines aggressive manner as touching, blocking passage, following, or approaching in a way that would make a reasonable person fear harm. Violations are a Class II offense.
Yonkers Aggressive Panhandling: Prohibited Conduct
Significant RestrictionsYonkers City Code § 86-3
§ 86-3. Prohibited conduct. A. No person shall solicit in an aggressive manner in a public place. B. No person shall solicit, ask or beg within 10 feet of any entrance or exit of any bank or check cashing business during its business hours or within 10 feet of any automated teller machine during the time it is available for customers' use; provided, however, that when an automated teller machin...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Yonkers City Code § 68-12 bans smoking, including e-cigarettes and vaping, inside any playground or within 50 feet of play equipment run by the Department of Parks and Recreation. § 68-13 sets a flat $50 fine for a violation of the Article IV playground-smoking rule.
Yonkers Bans Smoking Near Playgrounds
Significant RestrictionsYonkers City Code § 68-12
Smoking is prohibited in any playground, or within 50 feet of any play equipment, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the sidewalks immediately adjoining playgrounds.
Public Alcohol Use
Yonkers makes it unlawful to drink alcohol on any City-owned sidewalk, street, highway, or Parking Authority and Board of Education property. Simply carrying an open container there, covered or not, creates a legal presumption that you've already violated the ban, unless the drinking happens at an approved block party.
Yonkers Bans Open Containers on City Streets
Significant RestrictionsYonkers City Code § 103-84
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverage, as defined by § 3 of the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, on or in any City-owned sidewalk, street or highway or Parking Authority and Board of Education properties. For the purpose of this section, any person having in his possession, on or in any City-owned sidewalk, street or highway, an open container of an...
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