North Hempstead, NY

Town Code § 28-22A(5) requires every premises and its immediate exterior property to be kept free of weeds or plant growth exceeding 10 inches, and bans noxious weeds outright…

In North Hempstead, removing, destroying or fatally harming any tree six inches or more in diameter in a front yard requires a tree removal permit from the Commissioner of Buildings…

North Hempstead's Sanitation Code carves home composting out of its yard-waste rules. Under Code § 46-14C(3), the Town's curbside yard-waste program does not stop residents from…

North Hempstead's stormwater code allows rain barrels as an approved way to meet on-site rainfall retention rules, but caps each roof leader at one barrel of up to 60 gallons under §…

In the Great Neck North Water Authority service area, North Hempstead bans irrigation systems between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. every day and shuts them off entirely from November 1…

Nassau County's Department of Public Works can order owners of property abutting county roads to prune or remove trees, hedges, and shrubbery that endanger drivers, cyclists, or…

North Hempstead bars any motor vehicle from parking, stopping or standing on a sidewalk, driveway apron or handicapped access ramp anywhere in the unincorporated Town, a targeted rule…

When the Town Supervisor declares a snow emergency in North Hempstead, no vehicle may be parked or left on a designated snow emergency route, and any vehicle traveling that route must…

North Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code bars any commercial vehicle from parking on a residence-district street between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. anywhere in the unincorporated Town, and…

North Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code bars commercial vehicles from parking overnight, between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., on any street within a residence district shown on the town's…

Section 25 of North Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code designates specific street segments as loading zones, listed street-by-street in Schedule XXI. Most entries carry set hours…

North Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code treats a vehicle as abandoned if it has no license plates on any public street or place, or if it carries plates but has been parked illegally…

North Hempstead lets commercial properties count up to 10% of parking spaces devoted to EV charging toward off-street parking minimums, requires bollard protection at each station, and…

Town Code § 28-22A(8) bars parking any motor vehicle or boat in a front yard except on a properly constructed and permitted driveway. Section 28-8E separately forbids using a boat…

North Hempstead's property maintenance code bans parking any motor vehicle or boat in a front yard except on a driveway built to Town specifications. Driveways run through a permitted…

New Yorkers outside New York City who get towed or booted from a private lot rely on General Business Law 399-v, not a statewide rate cap. The law applies only to lots with capacity…

Before the Town will issue or renew a rental occupancy permit in North Hempstead, the Code Enforcement Officer must inspect the unit and confirm it has a working smoke detector, tied…

North Hempstead bans open fires on streets, roads, sidewalks and public places outright, and even on private property an open fire cannot burn within 25 feet of a building or 10 feet…

North Hempstead requires stationary outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, and barbecues to sit at least 10 feet from side and rear property lines and stand no taller than five feet, under…

New York Penal Law bans most consumer fireworks statewide. Ground-based sparkling devices are legal by default outside New York City, though counties may opt out and about a dozen have…

New York's Environmental Conservation Law Section 9-1105 makes it unlawful to set any open fire burning brush, leaves, grass, or debris in a designated fire town without a written…

Town Code § 38-3B(4) bans owning or harboring an animal that howls, barks or squawks continuously for more than 15 minutes if the sound crosses a residential property line or reaches a…

North Hempstead bans commercial landscapers and Town employees from running gas-powered leaf blowers on Town property from June 15 through September 15 under § 38A-7. Separately, its…

North Hempstead bars noisy mufflers, tailpipes, and vehicle-mounted sound systems that disturb neighbors. A car radio or amplifier disrupting people about 50 feet away violates the…

North Hempstead bans loudspeakers and public address systems that disrupt neighbors at any hour, and flatly bars their use on public streets and spaces between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m…

North Hempstead bars radios, TVs, drums and other sound-amplifying devices from disrupting neighbors between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. The Town layers narrower nighttime curfews on top…

North Hempstead bars residential-disruptive construction noise between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. on weekdays and at any time on weekends and holidays, with an emergency exception only…

North Hempstead's Industrial B District performance standards cap noise at 70 decibels beyond the property line, tightening to 60 decibels at a residential boundary when the use sits…

North Hempstead requires every dog on public property, or on private property without the owner's consent, to be held on a chain or leash no longer than six feet under Town Code §…

North Hempstead does not ban or single out any dog breed. Town Code § 14-2 instead defines a 'vicious dog' by conduct, trained for fighting or to attack on command, and § 14-20 bars…

North Hempstead bars keeping pigeons, swine, goats, rabbits, foxes, minks, skunks, bees or snakes on residential property unless the Board of Zoning and Appeals grants a variance, and…

Nassau County prohibits feeding swans, geese, ducks and other migratory waterfowl anywhere on county-owned or county-managed property, including parks, preserves, beaches and Nassau…

Nassau County law regulates pet dealers and pet stores selling dogs and cats: barring animals from breeders with recent USDA welfare violations, setting minimum enclosure sizes, and…

Nassau County requires pet grooming businesses and individual pet groomers to be licensed by the Office of Consumer Affairs, with mandatory training, health/safety standards and fines…

Nassau County prohibits feeding migratory waterfowl, swans, geese, and ducks, anywhere on county-owned property, including parks, preserves, and beaches, under the county's Migratory…

Agriculture and Markets Law Article 15 establishes a uniform statewide apiary inspection program with mandatory disease control standards applicable to all hives in New York.

Environmental Conservation Law section 11-0512 universally prohibits possessing wild animals such as big cats, bears, wolves, and venomous reptiles as pets across New York.

North Hempstead does not zone stand-alone accessory dwelling units. The only legal second unit in a one-family home is a mother-daughter residence, capped at 700 square feet with a…

A tool or storage shed in North Hempstead skips the building permit only if it is a one-story detached structure of 144 square feet or less, per § 2-9A(1). Anything larger, or any…

North Hempstead's Zoning Code lets certain professionals, doctors, lawyers, teachers, architects, engineers, accountants, dentists, ophthalmic dispensers and musicians, run an office…

A resident running a licensed profession from home in North Hempstead may post one nameplate sign of up to two square feet under § 70-196A, lit by no more than a 15-watt bulb built…

New York lets you sell home-baked and other shelf-stable foods without a food processing license through the Department of Agriculture and Markets Home Processing exemption, which…

New York Social Services Law preempts municipalities from imposing additional licensing on family or group family day care homes and requires the Office of Children and Family Services…

North Hempstead requires a Building Official permit before any retaining wall goes up, caps height at five feet in or within 50 feet of a residential district and eight feet elsewhere…

North Hempstead bans barbed wire, spikes, chipped glass, and electric fencing on any fence under Town Code § 70-100.2B, along with any fence designed to injure someone who tries to…

North Hempstead limits residential fences to four feet under Town Code § 70-100.2A, and bars any fence from standing between the street and a home's effective building line. Six-foot…

North Hempstead treats a fence as a "structure," and its general permit statute bars erecting any structure without first filing an application with the Building Commissioner and…

New York's Town Law § 300 makes adjoining landowners split the cost of a division fence along their shared boundary, but only when the land is actually used to keep animals…

North Hempstead requires a six-foot fence around every regulated outdoor pool, with a self-closing, self-latching gate, and the fence must be permitted and installed before the pool…

In North Hempstead, any outdoor pool holding water deeper than 24 inches or with a surface area over 100 square feet counts as a regulated pool and needs Building Department approval…

New York imposes state and local sales tax plus hotel-style occupancy taxes on short-term rentals statewide, and a 2024 registration law adds county-level registries and mandatory…

North Hempstead bans encumbering any sidewalk, street or public place in its unincorporated areas with buildings, structures, excavations or other encroachments unless the…

North Hempstead bars abutting owners, occupants and lessees from placing goods, merchandise, boxes or displays on a sidewalk, or otherwise obstructing it, without a Town Clerk permit…

In the unincorporated Town of North Hempstead, the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of a property must keep the abutting sidewalk in good and safe repair at all times. The Town Board…

North Hempstead grants a 25% density bonus for senior independent-living facilities when the units are made available as affordable senior citizen housing, under Town Code § 70-69F in…

North Hempstead's Port Washington Business Overlay District carries a codified design guide at § 70-195.23 covering storefronts, facades, roofs, signs and lighting, but the Town Code…

North Hempstead's seven-member Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission designates buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts as historic landmarks under Town Code Chapter…

Operating a mobile food preparation vehicle in North Hempstead, defined as a vehicle with cooking equipment that produces smoke or grease-laden vapors to serve food to the public…

North Hempstead does not designate approved food truck zones; instead it keeps mobile vendors, treated as peddlers under Chapter 40, at least 200 feet from any church or school, bans…

North Hempstead treats a mobile food truck as a licensed peddling vehicle under Chapter 40 and caps how it can operate on public streets: no claim to any spot, a 15-minute limit before…

Town Code § 28-24 requires every ground, building, and structure to be kept free of insect, vermin, and rodent harborage and infestation, using generally accepted extermination…

A North Hempstead film permit obligates the holder to minimize inconvenience and discomfort to neighboring property owners and residents and to abate noise to the extent practicable…

North Hempstead requires film productions seeking a road closure to file with the Town Clerk at least 10 days before shooting and submit a traffic plan covering every scheduled closure…

North Hempstead requires a Town Clerk permit before filming on public lands, or on private property when it incidentally uses public lands, capping consecutive filming days at 14 and…

North Hempstead's Chapter 43, adopted in April 2023, makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place, including Town parks, gardens and docks, unless you're using a public…

North Hempstead prohibits smoking or vaping in every Town park, garden and dock under Town Code § 39-16.1, added in 2021. The ban is absolute, with no smoking sections carved out for…

North Hempstead's Chapter 44 bans consuming alcohol in any public place Town-wide and separately bans carrying an open or unsealed container with intent to drink it. Just possessing an…

North Hempstead bans skateboards, scooters and in-line skates on any street or sidewalk the Town Board designates by resolution, a response to safety concerns on steep-incline roads…

North Hempstead outlaws smoking or vaping cannabis anywhere on Town property under Town Code § 57-13. The 2021 amendment to Chapter 57 folded cannabis into the definition of 'smoking'…

North Hempstead's Town Code bans loitering in any off-street parking area under § 57-17, added in 2022. The law only reaches loitering tied to violent or threatening conduct…

Nassau County's Social Host Law makes it a crime for anyone over 18 who controls a residence to knowingly allow minors to drink alcohol or use drugs there, with fines up to $1,000 and…

Owners of a vacant, blighted or otherwise unsafe building in North Hempstead must register it with the Building Department and then either repair, secure or demolish it under Chapter…

Town Code § 28-22A(4) requires yards, courts, and vacant lots to be kept clean and free of physical hazards, rodent harborage, and infestation, and maintained so dust or debris does…

North Hempstead property owners, tenants and occupants must clear snow, ice, dirt or debris from the sidewalk fronting their property within four hours after snow stops falling, with…

North Hempstead requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, filling or other development in a FEMA-mapped area of special flood hazard. The Commissioner of the…

New and substantially improved homes in North Hempstead's mapped flood zones must sit at least two feet above the base flood elevation. Chapter 21's construction standards set that…

Chapter 46A requires an approved stormwater pollution prevention plan before a construction project disturbing significant land can proceed in North Hempstead. Under § 46A-7B(1)(d), no…

North Hempstead regulates stormwater runoff from land development under Chapter 46A, requiring designs that meet state water-quality standards. Section 46A-8B bars any land development…

Every use permitted in North Hempstead's Industrial B District must minimize engine idling under § 70-189.2C(9): equipment has to be shut off when not in use or held to a five-minute…

North Hempstead requires a Town Clerk-filed structure permit before building, enlarging or altering any dock, pier or mooring in its waterways. Residential applications go through the…

New York Executive Law Article 42 and the Coastal Management Program require state and local agency actions in designated coastal areas to be consistent with statewide coastal policies…

North Hempstead Town parks and docks open and close at hours the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation sets and posts at each facility. Using a park or dock outside those posted hours…

North Hempstead's Town Board voted under Town Code § 11A-3 to opt out of allowing retail cannabis dispensaries and on-site consumption sites under the state's Marijuana Regulation and…

North Hempstead bans recreational marijuana retail stores, dispensaries and on-site consumption sites Townwide, and confines the two medical marijuana dispensaries it allows to keep at…

New York law lets adults 21 and over grow cannabis at home and preempts municipalities from prohibiting it, setting uniform plant limits and secure storage requirements statewide.

North Hempstead requires every motor vehicle burglar alarm to shut off automatically within 20 minutes of activation. The same 20-minute cap applies to exterior burglar and fire…

North Hempstead restricts air-conditioning, refrigeration and other commercial equipment from running loudly enough to disturb residential neighbors between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m…

North Hempstead bars loading, unloading, and handling of boxes, crates, containers and building materials between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. whenever the noise crosses into a residential…

Special events held on North Hempstead-owned property skip the Chapter 12 license process entirely: § 12-3 hands control to the Commissioner of Parks, who sets the requirements, with…

Restaurants in North Hempstead cannot set up sidewalk seating without first filing with the Building Commissioner and obtaining a temporary expanded seating capacity permit, which…

North Hempstead lets restaurants convert curbside parking spaces into outdoor seating, a parklet, but only with a Building Department permit and a crash-rated barrier on all three…

North Hempstead requires a special event license under Town Code § 12-2 before anyone stages a parade, circus, carnival or fair, and § 12-4 sends every parade route through the Nassau…

Restaurants using propane or other outdoor heaters in North Hempstead's temporary outdoor dining program must comply with the New York State Fire Code and Nassau County Fire Ordinance…

Town Code Chapter 67 bans planting or installing any new bamboo anywhere in North Hempstead, effective since the Town Board adopted it September 29, 2015. Bamboo already growing on a…

Nassau County bans selling, transporting, propagating, or transplanting more than 80 listed invasive plant species, and separately bars dumping any of them into county waterways or…

Installing solar panels in North Hempstead requires a standard building permit under § 2-9, since panels are not on the Town's short list of permit-exempt work. Zoning gives them a…

North Hempstead's Building Department must expedite every building permit application for residential solar panels, related equipment, and battery backups under Town Code § 2-10.2…

New York's Solar Rights Act, Real Property Law Article 9-C, section 342, voids any homeowners' association rule that effectively bans rooftop solar. A restriction counts as an illegal…

North Hempstead's Sanitation Code bars residents from setting household hazardous waste out for curbside pickup. Under Code § 46-10, paint, pesticides, batteries, pool chemicals and…

North Hempstead's Sanitation Code sets a Town-wide curbside collection window under § 46-8B(8): no Collector may pick up Solid Waste between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless a Village…

North Hempstead requires residents to separate yard waste from other trash for curbside pickup and to send it to a Town-designated disposal facility, while expressly allowing…

North Hempstead prohibits placing a trash bin, dumpster or storage bin on a sidewalk, street or other public place in its unincorporated areas unless it is reflectorized, hazard-free…

North Hempstead bars residents from putting trash cans, bags or private receptacles at the curb until sunset the evening before a scheduled pickup, and requires everything hauled back…

North Hempstead makes it a crime to dump five pounds or more of garbage, refuse or rubbish on property you do not own or on any street, sidewalk or public place, with first offenses…

North Hempstead requires every residential owner, lessee or occupant to source-separate recyclables under Code § 46-11.1: newspapers, magazines, corrugated paper, bottles and cans…

North Hempstead's Residence AAA District requires a 40-foot front yard, side yards totaling at least 35% of the lot's width (never less than 20 feet each), and a 25-foot rear yard for…

In North Hempstead's Residence AAA District, the Town's most common single-family zone, all buildings and structures on a lot together cannot cover more than 15% of the lot area under…

North Hempstead limits single-family homes in its Residence AAA, AA and A Districts to 2 1/2 stories and 30 feet under Town Code § 70-6, repeated word for word in § 70-16 and § 70-26…

North Hempstead requires a building permit before any construction, alteration, demolition, elevator installation, or tree removal under Town Code § 2-9, with applications filed…

Before North Hempstead issues a certificate of occupancy, certificate of completion, or plumbing approval, the Building Commissioner must examine or have examined every building…

North Hempstead requires child care and nursery school facilities to fence outdoor play areas on all sides, keep them out of the required front yard, and provide a separate drop-off…

Town Code Article IIA of Chapter 28 requires the owner or agent of any building with an elevator to furnish the Building Department a certificate of inspection every six months for…

Every licensed place of assembly and place of public assembly in North Hempstead, from banquet halls to churches to schools, must have operational carbon monoxide detectors or alarms…

All plumbing and drainage work in North Hempstead must be performed by, or under the supervision of, a master or employing plumber licensed by the Town's Examining Board of Plumbers…

North Hempstead requires all electrical wiring and equipment to be installed by, or under the supervision of, a licensed master or employing electrician under § 2-63, with narrow…

Nassau County's Green Building Standards Law requires county capital projects over 5,000 square feet and $1 million in construction cost to meet LEED Silver green building standards…

North Hempstead's Building Commissioner reviews and investigates every complaint alleging a building or property is out of compliance with the Uniform Code, the Energy Code, or the…

Commercial drone operators need a Town permit before flying at any North Hempstead facility under § 57-20, and § 57-19 flags that FAA permission is required too. The Town Clerk issues…

Recreational and hobbyist drone flying at any North Hempstead Town facility needs a Town Clerk permit under § 57-20, the same as commercial use, though § 57-29 lets AMA rules govern…

North Hempstead confines every adult use, including adult bookstores, cabarets, motels, theaters and peep shows, to the Industrial B District, and layers on distance buffers from…

North Hempstead bars tow operators from removing a vehicle off private property without contemporaneous, case-by-case authorization from the property owner or their agent, on top of a…

Anyone buying or selling secondhand merchandise in unincorporated North Hempstead needs a Town Clerk license under § 13-3, backed by a $2,000 bond, a $100 annual fee, fingerprinting…

Every tattoo, microblading, permanent-makeup, or body-piercing artist in Nassau County must hold a Department of Health Artist Certification, and every studio must hold a Studio…

Nassau County smoke shops and vape retailers may sell e-cigarette and liquid nicotine products only if they are flavorless or tobacco, mint, or menthol flavored. Every other…

North Hempstead's recommended design standards for the Port Washington Business Overlay District ask outdoor lighting to be shielded so it doesn't direct light skyward or create…

North Hempstead confines billboards to industrial districts and layers on strict lighting limits under Town Code § 70-197. A billboard's illumination cannot glare off the lot it sits…

North Hempstead requires every exterior and parking-lot light fixture in its Industrial B District to be shielded so light doesn't cross onto a neighboring property or shine upward…

North Hempstead caps window signs in business and industrial districts at one-third of a window's total glass area under § 70-196J(4), and unlike most permitted signs in the chapter, a…

North Hempstead bans freestanding political signs in every zoning district and prohibits attaching any political sign to a tree, traffic device, telephone pole or lighting pole…

North Hempstead gives garage sales no special sign allowance. Town Code § 70-100.3A(3) requires any garage sale signage to comply with Article XXI of the Zoning Code, the Town's…

North Hempstead allows garage sales in residential zoning districts without a permit, but Town Code § 70-100.3A caps them at four sales per calendar year per property, each running no…

North Hempstead owners cannot let a tenant move into a rental unit without first filing a rental registration form with the Code Enforcement Officer, on top of the separate rental…

Town Code Chapter 28's Housing, Rehabilitation and Property Maintenance Code sets minimum occupancy, space, heat, water, and sanitation standards for dwellings outside the incorporated…

Nassau County landlords cannot refuse to rent to a tenant because their rent is paid through Section 8 or another lawful subsidy program: source of income is a protected class…

Nassau County's Open Housing Law bars landlords from refusing to rent, negotiate, or lease housing because a tenant's income comes from a housing voucher, disability benefits, or other…

Before filing a nonpayment eviction, a New York landlord must serve a 14-day written rent demand under RPAPL Section 711. The demand requires, in the alternative, payment of rent or…

New York's Good Cause Eviction Law (RPL Article 6-A) limits evictions and rent hikes for covered tenants in NYC by default, with optional adoption by other municipalities.

Real Property Law Section 238-a, added by the 2019 HSTPA, caps residential late fees at $50 or 5% of the monthly rent, whichever is less, and bars any late fee until rent is more than…

To end a tenancy or decline to renew, a New York landlord must give written notice scaled to how long the tenant has lived in the unit under Real Property Law Section 226-c: 30 days…

New York requires advance written notice before a landlord raises rent 5% or more, or declines to renew a lease. The notice window scales with how long the tenant has lived in the…

Since the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, New York landlords cannot collect a security deposit larger than one month's rent. Within 14 days after a tenant vacates…

New York's adverse possession period is 10 years of continuous, exclusive possession under RPAPL Sections 501 and 511. A 2024 budget amendment to RPAPL Section 711 clarified that…

North Hempstead requires anyone who peddles or solicits in the Town, on foot or by vehicle, to hold a Town Clerk-issued license under § 40-2. Getting one means fingerprinting, a state…

North Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code bars stopping, standing or parking in any bicycle lane in the town's unincorporated areas. Added in 2014, the rule sits inside the code's general…

Nassau County runs a traffic-camera enforcement program authorized by Local Law 12-2009, ticketing vehicle owners, not drivers, $50 per red-light violation at up to 100 monitored…

New York draws a hard line between a golf cart and a low-speed vehicle. A low-speed vehicle is defined by Vehicle and Traffic Law § 121-f as a limited use automobile with a maximum…

North Hempstead's own Chapter 5 locally adopts the state Bingo Licensing Law: only an organization licensed under General Municipal Law Article 14-H may run a bingo game or lease a…

New York's Upstate Gaming Economic Development Act divides the state into two casino development zones. Zone One is New York City plus Nassau, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and…

New York's Penal Law never criminalizes playing a private card game or betting pool: it only criminalizes advancing or profiting from gambling. Penal Law § 225.00(3) protects anyone…

Sports betting is legal in New York only through operators licensed by the state Gaming Commission under Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Section 1367-a. Nine mobile…

The Code Enforcement Officer runs North Hempstead's rental inspection program under § 2-110, entering rental dwelling units to check their condition with the owner's consent if vacant…

Nassau County requires co-op governing boards to acknowledge purchase applications within 15 days and accept or reject completed applications within 45 days, under Local Law No…

New York has no comprehensive HOA act. Condominiums get a statutory common-charge lien under Real Property Law § 339-z that is foreclosable like a mortgage but junior to a first…

New York voids HOA bans on solar power and EV charging. Real Property Law § 342 (Solar Rights Act) makes any restriction effectively prohibiting a solar system unenforceable and void…

New York's Electric Vehicle Rights Act, Real Property Law Article 9-D Section 343, bars homeowners' associations statewide from adopting rules that effectively prohibit or unreasonably…

New York Real Property Law Section 339-j strips condominium boards of managers of the power to enforce any by-law, rule, or resolution against a unit owner who displays a United States…

New York creates an assessment lien by statute only for condominiums. Real Property Law § 339-z gives the board of managers a lien on each unit for unpaid common charges that outranks…

New York condominiums have no inherent power to restrict unit leasing: under Real Property Law § 339-v(2)(a), by-laws "may also provide for" leasing restrictions only if the board…

Nassau County imposes a 3% occupancy tax on the per diem room rate at every hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast, and short-term rental countywide, collected by owners and remitted…

Nassau County's Department of Public Works controls trees, hedges and shrubbery growing between property lines along county roads, and the County Legislature can regulate planting…

Nassau County prohibits every food service establishment, store, and mobile food commissary from selling or offering any disposable food service item made of polystyrene foam. The ban…

The New York Bag Waste Reduction Law (Environmental Conservation Law §27-2801, enacted 2019, enforced March 2020) bans most single-use plastic carryout bags statewide. Counties and…

New York prohibits the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene foam food containers and loose packing peanuts statewide under Environmental Conservation Law Article 27.

New York Labor Law §652 sets a tiered statewide minimum wage that leaves no room for local wage ordinances. As of January 1, 2026 the rate is $17.00/hr in NYC, Long Island, and…

New York mandates paid sick leave under Labor Law § 196-b and paid family leave under Workers' Compensation Law Article 9, with statewide coverage that applies to nearly every private…

New York requires a state-issued concealed carry license under Penal Law § 400.00, with mandatory training and a long list of statewide sensitive locations where carry is forbidden.

New York Penal Law treats a vehicle as a public place for firearm purposes, requiring a valid pistol license to transport a handgun and strict storage rules for long guns and…

No section of the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law authorizes sobriety checkpoints by name. The practice rests on Court of Appeals case law, chiefly People v. Scott, applied against…

New York is one of the few states that put the right to record police into its own statute rather than leaving it to case law. Civil Rights Law § 79-p, headed "Recording certain…

New York has no stop-and-identify statute. Criminal Procedure Law § 140.50(1) lets a police officer who reasonably suspects a felony or a misdemeanor defined in the Penal Law stop you…

New York wrote an unusually specific rule into the Penal Law when it legalized adult-use cannabis: § 222.05(2) provides that no conduct made lawful by that section shall constitute the…

Agriculture and Markets Law Article 25-AA governs certified agricultural districts statewide and limits how local zoning can apply to working farms inside them.

NY Agriculture and Markets Law §301-309 protects sound agricultural practices in certified Agricultural Districts from local ordinances and private nuisance suits. The Commissioner…

New York Public Health Law §1399-cc raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco and vapor products to 21 (Tobacco 21 Act, signed 2019). New York also bans the sale of all flavored vapor…

New York prohibits the sale of flavored vapor products statewide under Public Health Law § 1399-mm-1, allowing only tobacco-flavored e-liquid for legal retail sale.

Vehicle and Traffic Law section 375(41) governs every light added to a New York vehicle beyond the lamps the law already requires, and it opens with a near total prohibition: no light…

New York grants a dash cam no designated place on the windshield. Vehicle and Traffic Law section 375(30) makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle with any object placed or hung in…

New York prohibits lane splitting outright. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1252(c) makes it illegal to operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of…

New York does not allow license plate covers of any kind. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 402(1)(b)(ii-a) states flatly that number plates shall not be covered by glass or any plastic…

New York does not ban radar detectors in private passenger cars. Vehicle and Traffic Law section 397-a prohibits using a radar or laser detector only in a motor vehicle with a gross…

New York allows studded snow tires, but only within a fixed season and only within precise dimensional limits. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 375(35-a) makes it unlawful to drive a motor…

New York requires at least 70 percent light transmittance through the front windshield, both front side windows and the rear window under Vehicle and Traffic Law section 375(12-a)(b)…