NYC's Smoke-Free Air Act (Admin Code Title 17 Chapter 5), expanded by Local Law 13 of 2011 and again in 2018 to cover e-cigarettes, prohibits smoking in all city parks, beaches, boardwalks, pedestrian plazas, and within 15 feet of hospital entrances.
Admin Code §17-503 lists prohibited smoking areas including indoor workplaces, restaurants, bars, common areas of multi-family housing, all city parks and beaches, pedestrian plazas like Times Square and Herald Square, and within 15 feet of hospital and nursing home entrances. The 2011 expansion added 1,700 parks and 14 miles of beaches. The 2018 amendment brought e-cigarettes and vapes under the same rules. Enforcement is shared between the Parks Department, DOHMH, and NYPD. Building owners must post no-smoking signs and may face escalating fines for failing to enforce. The 2018 Local Law 147 also requires multifamily building smoking-policy disclosure.
Smoking in a prohibited outdoor location carries a $50 civil fine for individuals; building owners face $200 first offense, $400 second, and $1,000 third for failing to post or enforce the policy under Admin Code §17-508.
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