Oyster Bay, NY

The Town of Oyster Bay caps lawns, weeds, grass, brush and other vegetation at eight inches on any improved lot. Property owners, occupants or their agents who let growth exceed that…

Oyster Bay hands trimming of trees overhanging its public streets to the utility companies themselves: any utility under state Public Service Commission jurisdiction holds a standing…

Oyster Bay requires a Department of Parks tree removal permit before cutting down any tree with a trunk 8 inches or more in diameter at breast height. Applications cost $5 per inch of…

Town Code § 180-11 requires automatic underground irrigation systems to run only on the days and times set by the Nassau County Water Conservation Ordinance No. 248-A-1987, and shuts…

The Town of Oyster Bay designates specific curb locations as loading zones and bars general parking there during set hours. On Washington Street in Bethpage, parking is prohibited from…

In Oyster Bay's residence districts, Town Code § 246-5.5.24.1 caps home-parked commercial vehicles at one per property. That vehicle must be registered, resident-owned, have no more…

Oyster Bay's zoning code limits residential off-street parking to registered private passenger vehicles on paved surfaces only, and confines where in the yard a car may sit, front-yard…

Oyster Bay bans parking anywhere a no-parking sign is posted, during posted no-parking hours, or beyond the posted time limit in a limited parking zone, and requires cars parked on the…

Oyster Bay Town Code makes it a violation, fined $250 to $1,000 and up to 15 days in jail, for an owner to abandon a motor vehicle on any public road, highway or other public place in…

When the Town Supervisor declares a snow emergency, or the National Weather Service predicts three or more inches of snow, parking is banned on designated snow routes and switches to…

Oyster Bay's Housing Standards code lets residents keep an RV, camper or trailer on their property, but bans using it as living space anywhere in Town unless it sits in a Town-approved…

Oyster Bay's Public Parking District designates certain streets, mostly near Long Island Rail Road stations, as restricted parking area thoroughfares under § 233-111. No vehicle may…

New York has adopted statewide building code and Public Service Commission rules governing EV charging installation, accessibility, and utility interconnection that apply uniformly to…

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…

Oyster Bay limits motorized leaf blowers to 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends and national holidays. Running one outside those windows violates the Town's…

Radios, stereos, musical instruments and sound amplifiers cannot create a noise disruption across a property line between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. on weeknights or 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. on…

Oyster Bay bars construction, drilling and demolition equipment from running between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and at any time on Sunday or a holiday, whenever the…

Oyster Bay's zoning performance standards set a maximum sound-pressure level by octave band at any point on or beyond a business or industrial lot line, sliding from 66 decibels in the…

Oyster Bay's Noise Control Ordinance bars residential power tools, saws, drills and lawn or garden equipment between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. on weeknights and 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. on Sundays…

Oyster Bay requires every motor vehicle and motorcycle to run a working muffler or sound-dissipative device at all times and bars horn use except as a danger warning. Chapter 156 also…

Oyster Bay's noise chapter does not reach aircraft. Chapter 156's Prohibited Acts section says nothing in it restricts, penalizes or regulates aircraft movement conducted under…

Owning or harboring a dog, bird or other animal that howls, barks, meows or squawks continuously for more than 30 minutes and disturbs a neighbor across a residential property line is…

The Town outright bans owning, harboring or selling a defined list of "dangerous animals": venomous species, large snakes and crocodilians, raptors, ratites, and non-domestic…

The Town of Oyster Bay bans housing chickens, other fowl, and farm animals in residence districts outright unless the Zoning Board of Appeals grants a special use permit. Accessory…

Oyster Bay's zoning code separates veterinary clinics from overnight animal boarding: a VETERINARY OFFICE or CLINIC may treat animals medically and surgically but may not board them…

Oyster Bay classifies bees as farm animals under its zoning code: no residence-district property may keep bees without a special use permit from the Board of Appeals, and any hive or…

Oyster Bay requires every dog off its owner's premises to be on a leash no longer than six feet and under full control. A separate tethering rule caps outdoor chaining at two hours in…

Oyster Bay does not ban dog breeds; Chapter 103, Article III defines "dangerous dog" by conduct, such as biting another domestic animal or being trained to fight or attack on command…

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…

Oyster Bay splits home-based work into two tiers: a home office run solely by the resident is allowed as-of-right if capped at 300 square feet or 15% of floor area, while a home…

A home business approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals in Oyster Bay may display exactly one sign, capped at two square feet, while a plain home office is barred from any sign or…

Oyster Bay treats in-home day care, play care and nursery school as a distinct zoning use under Town Code Chapter 246, not a home occupation. Every facility must meet New York State…

A home business permitted by special permit in Oyster Bay may receive no more than two client, patient, student or visitor visits per hour, a hard traffic cap written directly into the…

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…

The Town of Oyster Bay lets homeowners convert an attached garage into habitable space, but only after a three-year wait from the garage's certificate of occupancy and only if…

The property owner behind an Oyster Bay parent-child accessory unit must live on-site as their primary residence, in either the main house or the accessory unit, a condition tied…

Oyster Bay zoning caps a residential storage shed at 200 square feet and 10 feet tall, and the building code separately excuses only tool sheds or noncommercial storage buildings of…

Oyster Bay's 'parent-child residence' accessory unit is not a rental apartment: it may house only an immediate family member of the resident/owner, capped at one per lot with no more…

An accessory apartment, the closest thing to an ADU in the Town of Oyster Bay's zoning code, is allowed only in the RO Residence-Office District, and only one per lot. Town Code §…

Oyster Bay requires a Department of Planning and Development permit before construction begins on any in-ground pool, or any aboveground pool holding over 5,000 gallons. The…

Oyster Bay requires fencing that completely encloses a pool or its yard, standing four to six feet high, set at least five feet from the pool edge, with no gaps a climber could use and…

Fences and walls in the Town of Oyster Bay top out at four feet in any yard facing a street and six feet in other required yards, except in the R1-5A, R1-2A and R1-1A Districts and all…

Retaining walls in the Town of Oyster Bay fall under the Building Construction chapter's permit jurisdiction alongside seawalls, piers and piles, so a homeowner needs a building permit…

Barbed wire, electrically charged fencing and any fence built of sharp materials are banned outright in every residence district and along public streets in the Town of Oyster Bay…

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…

Oyster Bay's zoning code lets homeowners locate a screened propane tank up to 8 feet into a side or rear yard, but never closer than 8 feet to any property line, and requires it to…

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…

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…

Anyone buying or selling secondhand articles in the Town of Oyster Bay needs a license from the Town Clerk under Chapter 192. Dealers post a $2,000 bond, pay a $100 annual fee, keep a…

Oyster Bay confines vape shops, hookah lounges and marijuana shops to Light Industry zoning and requires a special use permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals. Those uses also cannot…

The Town of Oyster Bay caps what a licensed tow operator can charge to remove a car from private property without the owner's consent: up to $95 for removal and the first three days of…

Pawnbrokers, called collateral loan brokers under Town Code Chapter 94, need a Town Clerk license before opening for business in Oyster Bay. Applicants must file fingerprints…

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…

Oyster Bay residents enrolled as recycling participants must rinse glass, metal, and plastic containers clean and sort them into Town-issued recycling bins before curbside collection…

Once a Town of Oyster Bay resident sets out recyclables for collection, ownership shifts to the Town under § 201-68. Nobody but the Town's authorized hauler can pick through curbside…

Dumping more than an ounce of used motor oil within 300 feet of a Town waste oil igloo, or in any amount if you're a nonresident or a business, is a Class A misdemeanor in the Town of…

Oyster Bay picks up bulky items on the regular scheduled collection day with no appointment required, but caps residents at three bulky items per property per pickup.

Oyster Bay's Sanitation Department collects grass clippings, leaves, branches and other garden waste as rubbish, but only if it is cut and bundled to the town's exact size limit before…

Oyster Bay charges charitable and nonprofit groups $250 per load for Town roll-off containers used at fundraisers, and requires large dumpsters that block firefighter access to carry…

Oyster Bay caps rubbish at 10 containers and 200 pounds per property per collection day, limits garbage containers to 32 gallons and 50 pounds each, and requires garbage and rubbish to…

Garbage, rubbish and bulky items in Oyster Bay are picked up on days the Town Board sets by resolution, at hours the Commissioner of Sanitation designates, with no service on Sundays…

Oyster Bay suspends all garbage, rubbish and bulky-item collection on Sundays and on holidays the Town Board designates by resolution, with no fixed statutory list of which holidays…

Oyster Bay bars residents from putting solid waste containers at the curb before 5:00 p.m. the day before pickup, and requires them removed from the curbline by 8:00 p.m. on collection…

Oyster Bay requires hypodermic syringes to be noninfectious and enclosed in a rigid metal-type container before they reach the curb or the Town's solid waste disposal complex, so…

Every property in Oyster Bay must be kept free of insect, vermin and rodent harborage, and basement or cellar openings must be screened where rodent infestation is a risk. The…

Oyster Bay puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner, not the Town. Section 205-2 requires every owner, occupant, or person in charge of a house, vacant lot, church, or…

Property owners, occupants, and lessees in unincorporated Oyster Bay can't block sidewalks with goods, merchandise, boxes, signs, or similar items under § 205-3. A narrow exception…

Nobody, including utility and public service companies, can cut a curb, open a street, or excavate in an Oyster Bay street, highway, or sidewalk without a permit from the Commissioner…

New and substantially improved homes in Oyster Bay's mapped flood zones must have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least two feet above the base flood elevation…

Anyone building or modifying a dock, pier, mooring, bulkhead or float on Town waterways in unincorporated Oyster Bay needs a permit from the Department of Planning and Development…

Oyster Bay requires a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan for any land-disturbing activity of one acre or more before the Stormwater Management Officer will sign off, under Chapter…

The Town of Oyster Bay requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, filling, grading or excavation in a FEMA-mapped area of special flood hazard. Applications cost…

Any land development activity in the Town of Oyster Bay disturbing an acre or more needs a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan approved before construction starts. Chapter 204…

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…

The Town of Oyster Bay bans drinking alcohol and carrying an open or unsealed container of alcohol in any public place outside its incorporated villages. Town Code Chapter 82 targets…

The Town of Oyster Bay bans skateboarding, roller-skating, go-cart and motor scooter riding in every park and beach it operates, under Town Code Chapter 168, its Parks and Recreation…

Oyster Bay's Public Parking District rules make loitering illegal in any Town-owned parking field. Section 233-107(i) lists loitering among a set of unlawful acts inside parking…

Town Code § 168-22.1 bans smoking and carrying lit cigarettes, cigars or pipes at every public beach and park the Town of Oyster Bay or its Park Districts own or operate. Added in…

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…

Smoking or vaping cannabis on any Nassau County-owned property is banned countywide, covering parks, beaches, sidewalks, and buildings, backed by a civil fine.

The Town of Oyster Bay requires a building permit from the Division of Building before you excavate, construct, alter, remove or demolish any building or structure. Only small portable…

Owners of buildings with elevators in Oyster Bay must file a certified inspection report with the Division of Building twice a year, by the end of June and December. Town Code Article…

Oyster Bay requires any multiple dwelling with sprinklers to keep them fully operational at all times, valves locked open and heads free of corrosion, and requires a Building Division…

Town Code § 180-22 requires a plumbing permit from the Division of Building before any new plumbing, drainage or sewage work, signed off by a licensed master plumber, in every building…

Beyond state licensing, Oyster Bay's zoning code imposes site-safety standards on day care, play care and nursery school facilities: fenced and screened outdoor play areas kept out of…

The Town of Oyster Bay caps how much floor area a new or expanded house can carry, scaling the limit to lot size instead of imposing a flat number. In the Oyster Bay Hamlet Residence…

All new wiring in the Town must meet the latest National Electrical Code and be installed by a licensed master electrician or a Class B/C license holder. No work can start until an…

New one-, two- and multifamily dwellings in Oyster Bay must meet the New York ENERGY STAR Labeled Homes Program standards on top of the state Energy Conservation Construction Code…

Oyster Bay requires a permit from the Commissioner of the Department of Parks for every organized picnic or outing, and the Commissioner assigns the specific area to prevent…

Outdoor dining in Oyster Bay's Hicksville Downtown Subdistricts is limited to a specific list of streets, capped at 20% of indoor seating, and runs only May 1 through October 31 with…

Oyster Bay requires a permit from the Commissioner of the Department of Parks before anyone conducts a parade, procession, meeting, ceremony or performance in a Town park. The rule is…

The Town of Oyster Bay routes block party and street closure permits through the Division of Highway and Public Parking inside the Department of Public Works, not the Town Clerk's…

Oyster Bay requires every exterior burglar alarm and motor vehicle burglar alarm to shut itself off automatically within six minutes of going off. Letting a car alarm sound longer than…

Oyster Bay's Housing Standards chapter sets hard numbers for habitable rental space: 7-foot-6 ceilings over half the floor area, 60-square-foot kitchens, and natural light equal to 10%…

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…

Film and photography permits in Oyster Bay bar all filming and equipment use between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and on Sundays entirely, and the Town Clerk can deny or condition a permit…

Student films made to satisfy an educational requirement and not for commercial use still need a Town Clerk permit before shooting anywhere in Oyster Bay, under the same Chapter 118…

Oyster Bay bars any rerouting of traffic for a commercial or student film shoot unless the Town Attorney and the Commissioner of Public Safety approve it in advance. The Town Clerk…

Anyone filming at a specific property in Oyster Bay must apply to the Town Clerk at least ten days ahead, list the exact locations, dates and equipment, and attach written consent from…

Oyster Bay requires barbecue propane tanks to stay at least 15 feet from any building at all times, and bans storing them on balconies or bringing them inside, a rule that applies…

Every parcel in the unincorporated Town, vacant or built on, must be kept under Chapter 135's eight-inch cap on lawns, weeds, grass and brush. Owners get five days to cut growth or…

Oyster Bay's Commissioner of Planning and Development can order a dangerous, vacant or abandoned building sealed, boarded, repaired or demolished under Town Code Chapter 96. Owners get…

Property owners in the Town of Oyster Bay must clear snow and ice from their abutting sidewalk within six hours after snowfall stops, under § 205-2. The overnight window between 9:00…

Oyster Bay bans planting new running bamboo anywhere in town and requires any existing running bamboo to stay contained in a barrier or planter at least 10 feet from every property…

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…

Hobbyist drone flyers still need a Town of Oyster Bay permit to launch from any park or Town facility, but AMA membership stands in for the insurance the Town otherwise requires, and…

Commercial drone operators need a Town of Oyster Bay permit before launching from any park, beach, or Town facility, plus proof of liability insurance meeting the Town's dollar…

No one may launch or land a drone at any Oyster Bay park, beach, cemetery, or other Town facility without a Town Clerk permit; the Town Board found drones create a noisy, dangerous…

Oyster Bay's housing code requires every exterior light fixture to be shielded so it stays on the owner's own lot. Light that shines, glows, or spills onto a neighbor's yard or a…

Oyster Bay's zoning code caps exterior lighting on multifamily and nonresidential properties at 24 feet and 400 watts, drops that ceiling to 14 feet wherever a fixture sits on a…

Any food truck, ice cream truck or other mobile food vendor operating in the Town of Oyster Bay must hold a Town Clerk-issued peddling-vehicle license under Chapter 173, Article III…

Town Code § 173-31 confines mobile food and peddling vehicles to the curb: sales from a moving vehicle or from the travel lane are banned, and § 173-33 keeps trucks away from…

Town Code § 173-4 bars peddlers and food vendors from claiming any exclusive spot on a street or public sidewalk and from setting up a stationary stand there. Selling is also barred…

Oyster Bay requires anyone who peddles or solicits door to door outside its villages to hold a Town Clerk-issued personal license, submit to Nassau County Police fingerprinting, and…

Town Code § 173-6 makes it unlawful for any peddler or solicitor to approach a property posted with a sign meant to keep solicitors away, or to solicit a business without the owner's…

Before granting a tree removal permit, Oyster Bay's Department of Parks must weigh whether the tree sits on the New York State Rare Plant List as endangered or threatened, one of eight…

New or rebuilt one- and two-family homes in Oyster Bay must plant one street tree for every 35 feet of lot frontage and one shade tree for every 5,000 square feet of lot area before…

The Town of Oyster Bay regulates the Hicksville Downtown (HD) District under Zoning Code § 246-5.9, adopted in 2021 after a $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant…

Oyster Bay bars any structure from exceeding its district's maximum building height, but lets rooftop features like spires, chimneys and solar panels rise 10 feet above the roof in…

Inside Oyster Bay's Aquifer Protection Overlay (APO) District, Zoning Code § 246-5.4.7.3.2 caps impervious lot coverage on larger one-family lots at a sliding scale starting near 4,000…

Oyster Bay's yard provisions let projections like AC units and ramps intrude into required setbacks by specific footages, cap corner-lot obstructions at 2.5 feet within 30 feet of an…

Under Local Law 1-2022, the Town Board formally opted the unincorporated areas of Oyster Bay out of hosting state-licensed cannabis retail dispensaries and on-site consumption sites…

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.

Oyster Bay's zoning code draws a hard line at eight message changes a day: a changeable-copy electronic sign that flips its message more than eight times daily is legally reclassified…

A window sign in Oyster Bay is only exempt from the town's sign permit rules if it sits more than four feet from the window or door and cannot be read from more than three feet outside…

In New York, affixing a political sign, poster, or notice to property you neither own nor have permission to use, a utility pole, highway structure, or another person's land, is…

Oyster Bay parks and beaches open and close at hours the Town Board sets and posts at each facility, not one fixed Town-wide time. Anyone found in a park, pool or beach area after…

Installing rooftop solar in the Town of Oyster Bay requires a building permit from the Division of Building of the Department of Planning and Development before work starts, per Town…

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…

Oyster Bay's Town Clerk, not the Town Board, holds all state-delegated licensing authority over charitable bingo and games of chance under Chapter 126. No premises may host bingo more…

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…

Oyster Bay's seven-member Landmarks Preservation Commission can designate any place, site, structure or building of historic or architectural significance as a Town landmark…

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…

Nassau County law bars cyclists from riding recklessly on roadways or sidewalks, weaving between cars, or riding within two feet of vehicles or pedestrians while stunting. Violators…

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…

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 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)…