Rochester, NY

When plowing crews can't get through, Rochester's Mayor can declare a snow parking emergency and ban parking along designated routes or residential streets. The city announces it over…

Rochester's zoning code treats electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use, permitted in every zoning district. On residential lots they must sit in the side or rear yard…

Rochester bars parking within five feet of any driveway, blocking two-way passage on a street, or stopping against traffic flow on a one-way street. Parking must sit within 12 inches…

Trucks, commercial vehicles, trailers, RVs, tractors and tractor-trailers cannot sit parked on a Rochester street for more than six hours, half the general 12-hour limit for ordinary…

Rochester residential lots may keep only one boat and boat trailer, camping trailer, ATV or camping vehicle outdoors, and it has to sit in the rear yard like other detached accessory…

A marked Rochester loading zone can only be used for expeditious pickup, delivery or loading of materials or passengers while loading-zone hours are in effect. Parking or standing…

Rochester bars leaving a vehicle parked on any city street for more than 12 hours without moving it, including overnight. A narrow carve-out lets residents with a Corn Hill permit…

Rochester bans storing a junked vehicle out in the open on private property unless it's necessary for a lawfully sited business, and lets the Commissioner have junked, abandoned or…

Rochester's Zoning Code caps parking for one-, two-family and attached dwellings at three vehicles per unit and bans parking in the side or front yard unless it sits in a legal…

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…

The Animal Services Center will not release a cat or dog to an adopter unless the animal has been sterilized by a licensed veterinarian, under Code § 30-42(B) for cats and § 31-22(B)…

Rochester outright bans owning, possessing or harboring any "wild animal" within city limits under Code § 30-26, a category covering primates, big cats, wolf hybrids, bears, venomous…

Rochester has no cat licensing scheme, but bars cats and other non-dog animals from running at large on streets under Code § 30-1. Feral cats, defined at § 30-43 as unowned and…

Every dog in Rochester must be restrained by a leash whenever off the owner's premises, under Code § 31-4, regardless of whether the dog is tagged or licensed. Leash and tethering…

Rochester caps dogs over four months old at four per premises with three or fewer dwelling units, and just one per unit in buildings with four or more units, with an exception for pet…

Rochester's Zoning Code lists animal hospitals as a permitted use only in specific commercial districts: enclosed-building only in the C-2 Community Center District, and unrestricted…

Keeping chickens or other fowl in Rochester requires a license from the Chief of Police and compliance with numeric space and setback standards under City Code § 30-19. Selling live…

Rochester's dangerous-dog law is conduct-based, not breed-based: no breed is named or banned. Once a dog is declared dangerous under § 31-2's behavioral definition, Code § 31-7 lets…

The County Legislature may authorize a Wildlife Management Plan for Durand Eastman Park, including firearm discharge and immuno-contraceptives to control wildlife.

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.

Rochester does not cap client visits to a home business with a specific number, but § 120-139F lets the city bar or shut down any home occupation that becomes noxious or offensive…

Home occupation signage is banned outright in Rochester's R-1 Low-Density Residential District. Everywhere else, § 120-139G allows just one unlighted sign, no larger than one square…

Rochester allows home occupations in every residential district as an accessory use, but caps the space they can use at 25% of the dwelling's floor area and bars any stock-in-trade…

Rochester's Zoning Code lists family and group family day-care homes as an outright permitted use in the R-1 Low-Density Residential District, the same tier as single-family homes, so…

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…

Rochester exempts lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, chain saws, tillers, mulchers and chippers from its excessive-noise curfew only between 8:00 a.m. and sunset; run one…

Rochester bars noisy construction between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., every day of the week, under City Code § 75-10A. Contractors can seek a variance from the Commissioner of Neighborhood and…

Rochester runs any height variance or special permit inside its O-A Overlay Airport District through a Monroe County review that expressly weighs changes in aircraft noise contours…

Rochester's noise code treats amplified sound as a violation once it crosses fixed distance-and-time thresholds rather than a flat decibel cap. Under City Code § 75-12, a radio, stereo…

Rochester's excessive-noise law makes it a violation for sound to carry beyond your property line between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., or to carry 50 feet beyond the line during the day…

Rochester's only numeric decibel standard in the Zoning Code applies to public utility facilities, not to noise generally. Section 120-144H caps utility noise at 66 decibels by day and…

Rochester City Code § 75-9 bars operating any motor vehicle that emits more than 80 dB(A), measured 25 feet from the vehicle's path on public streets or at the property line on private…

Rochester bans howling or barking that runs continually and carries beyond the property line for more than 5 minutes overnight (10 p.m. to 8 a.m.) or more than 15 minutes during the…

Rochester's Property Code requires hardwired, interconnected smoke alarms audible throughout the structure in one- and two-family dwellings where third-floor occupancy began before…

Rochester's Smoke and Air Pollution Control chapter declares dense smoke, defined as No. 2 or greater on the Ringelmann Chart, a nuisance and makes it unlawful to let it escape from…

Rochester requires any street food vending unit using propane to store the tanks outdoors or in a vented, noncombustible compartment used only for propane, labeled "PROPANE" in letters…

Rochester requires an annual operating permit from the Fire Safety Division for open burning, flames, torches, candles or heaters, at a fee of $105, under the Fire Prevention Code's…

Monroe County is not designated a high wildfire hazard area. No defensible space requirements. NY DEC Part 215 brush burn ban (March 16 – May 14) is the primary wildfire-season rule…

Monroe County follows NY DEC Part 215 seasonal burn ban (March 16 to May 14). Property owners must keep lots clear under town property maintenance codes. No wildfire-zone clearance…

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…

Rochester's landscaping-plan guidelines direct that plants be suited to the site's climate, geology and topography and that protection of native plant materials and natural areas be…

Rochester caps grass and weeds at 10 inches. Under Property Conservation Code § 90-14(B), exterior plant growth taller than 10 inches is a violation, and all noxious weeds are banned…

In Rochester, no one may plant, cut down, trim, prune, spray, or injure any tree in a public street or place without the written consent of the City Forester. The Forestry Division…

Rain barrels, rain gardens and bioswales are permitted accessory uses on both residential and nonresidential lots in Rochester, but the green infrastructure has to sit in the side or…

Rochester's Refuse Code authorizes residents to compost leaves in their own backyard rather than setting them out for city pickup. Code § 20-15(H) lets the Department of Environmental…

Rochester lets a retaining wall exceed the normal four-foot front-yard fence cap only where a natural topographic grade change makes it necessary, under City Code § 120-167B(5). Wooden…

Rochester caps residential and village-center fences at four feet in the front yard and six feet in the side and rear yards, rising to eight feet along a shared line with a commercial…

Rochester's fence code bans barbed wire outright in every residential zoning district and bars razor wire or any electrified, sharp or hazardous point from fences citywide, under City…

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…

Rochester limits residential properties to one detached storage structure, such as a shed, and requires it to sit in the rear yard along with almost every other detached accessory…

Monroe County's Sanitary Code requires public wading pools to have filtration, disinfection and clean water from an approved source, exempting only pools an individual owns and uses…

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…

Rochester opted into New York's 2024 Good Cause Eviction Law by local law, effective citywide unless a unit is exempt. Landlords must show good cause in housing court before evicting a…

When a Rochester landlord performs lead-based paint hazard reduction work that requires occupants to leave their unit, the City's Property Conservation Code requires the landlord to…

Rochester's Human Rights Code bars landlords, brokers and their agents from refusing to rent, or from treating a tenant differently in the terms of a lease, based on actual or…

Rochester applies the New York State Property Maintenance Code to every existing building in the city and makes the owner, not the tenant, primarily responsible for compliance. In…

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…

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…

Rochester bars food trucks from any legal parking spot within 100 feet of a residential-zoned property, within 100 feet of an approved vending cart, or within 500 feet of a permitted…

A sidewalk food cart in Rochester needs a food cart vending license from the City Clerk before operating on any public sidewalk or public place. Carts are barred from the street…

Rochester requires every food truck and food trailer vendor to hold either an annual license or a temporary permit from the City Clerk before operating, backed by a police background…

Political signs in Rochester may not exceed six square feet per side, and City Zoning Code § 120-177C(1) caps a property to no more than two such signs without needing a certificate of…

Rochester's Zoning Code design standards cap window signage at 25% of a window's total area under § 120-177F(11), a limit that applies to any sign, poster or graphic applied to…

Rochester requires a site preparation permit before grading, filling, stripping vegetation or excavating beyond set thresholds, with a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP)…

Any construction, fill, excavation or other development inside a mapped area of special flood hazard in Rochester requires a floodplain development permit from the city's Local…

New and substantially improved residential structures in Rochester's A1-A30, AE and AH flood zones must have the top of the lowest floor, including any basement, elevated to at least…

Rochester requires a stormwater pollution prevention plan and City approval for land-disturbance projects of five acres or more, and for one-to-five-acre projects outside single-family…

Monroe County has 42 miles of Lake Ontario shoreline. NYS Coastal Erosion Hazard Area law applies. Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Webster, Hamlin have LWRPs. Post-2017/2019 flooding…

Rochester requires every elevator, escalator and other conveyance to pass a licensed inspection at least every six months, with periodic safety tests witnessed by a licensed inspector…

Rochester's Property Code requires the main entrance of a multiple dwelling with individual unit buzzers to stay locked, and requires every hallway or stairway door in a multiple…

Rochester presumes all paint on pre-1980 residential buildings, and on the exterior of pre-1980 nonresidential structures, to be lead-based. Owners must keep surfaces free of…

Rochester requires a special permit before any day-care center can open, with the Planning Commission reviewing each application under § 120-9. Once sited, the center must stay at…

No plumbing work regulated by the Building Code or the state Uniform Code may be performed in Rochester without a permit from the Commissioner of Neighborhood and Business Development…

In Rochester, no one may start the construction, enlargement, alteration, improvement, relocation, or demolition of any building or structure until the city issues a building permit…

Rochester requires every building permit holder to pass a set sequence of Code Enforcement Official inspections before covered work can be closed up, under City Code § 39-210(I). The…

Rochester requires a building permit for electrical work rated above 50 volts, and for lower-voltage work covered by the National Electrical Code, under City Code § 39-304(B). All…

Rochester requires residents and businesses to source-separate recyclables and set them out in the City-issued recycling container between the sidewalk and curb, no earlier than the…

The Department of Environmental Services collects residential refuse, bulk refuse and recyclables once a week, and commercial users must arrange collection either exclusively through…

Rochester residents must set refuse containers between the sidewalk and curb no earlier than the night before pickup and pull them back to the rear or side yard within 24 hours after…

Rochester requires bulk items too big for a refuse container, like tree trimmings, hedge clippings and discarded lumber, to be bundled at no more than 60 pounds, four feet long and 18…

Rochester lets residents backyard-compost leaves at any time, and collects loose, uncomposted leaves piled at the curb once a year between October 15 and November 30. Lawn cuttings…

Rochester requires recyclables to go out in the City-issued recycling container, placed at the curb no earlier than the night before collection and separated at least three feet from…

Rochester's Zoning Code requires every dumpster visible from a residential district, open space district, public street or walkway to be completely screened at a height at least as…

Dumping refuse, construction debris, hazardous waste or recyclables anywhere in Rochester other than where it's picked up is illegal under City Code § 20-16. The ban covers streets…

Rochester caps residential building height in the R-1 District at 2 1/2 stories and 35 feet for the main structure, with a lower 15-foot limit for detached accessory buildings like…

In Rochester's R-1 Low-Density Residential District, City Code § 120-11 caps maximum lot coverage at 50% for both residential and nonresidential uses, on detached and attached lots…

Rochester's Zoning Code sets separate minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks for the R-1 Low-Density Residential District under City Code § 120-11C, with different numbers for…

Rochester defines an electric bicycle as a pedal-equipped bike under 36 inches wide with a motor under 750 watts qualifying as a Class One or Two e-bike under state law, restricts…

Riders over 12 in Rochester must use a usable bike lane or cycle track where one exists, or else ride near the right curb, edge of roadway or a usable shoulder, and may only leave the…

Rochester caps electric scooter riders (including shared-program users) at 15 mph, bars anyone under 16 from riding, restricts scooters to streets with a 35 mph or lower posted limit…

Rochester doesn't run curbside TNC pickup zones; instead it designates specific spaces inside city parking garages for rideshare vehicles under § 111-121L. Parking there without a…

Rochester ran red-light cameras from 2010 to 2016 under state authorization, then City Council killed the program. No red-light or school-zone speed cameras operate today; reviving…

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…

Rochester's Bingo License Law, approved by city voters in an August 1958 referendum, lets licensed nonprofits run bingo on Sundays under City Clerk oversight, and a separate 1979…

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…

Rochester lets riders over 12 skateboard on sidewalks, bike lanes, cycle tracks or multi-use trails, but bans it in named Center City locations like the Liberty Pole area, the…

Rochester has no citywide loitering ordinance, but § 111-123 bans loitering or sleeping on or about the premises of any city parking garage. It's a narrow rule dating to 1957, and…

Rochester bans drinking alcohol and carrying an open, uncapped alcoholic beverage with intent to drink it in any public place, from streets and sidewalks to parks and parking lots. A…

Rochester bans soliciting money 'in an aggressive manner' in any public place, plus flat bans on soliciting within 20 feet of ATMs and banks, in bus shelters, parking garages, skyways…

Pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk in Rochester's Central Traffic District, any business district, or on a main artery or through street. Elsewhere, crossing off a crosswalk is…

Rochester bans smoking outright in every city park under City Code § 79-6, and separately bars it within 100 feet of a public library's entrance, exit or outdoor area under § 69-9…

Using, carrying, transporting or selling marijuana in a Monroe County park is banned and prosecuted under state Penal Law.

Rochester property owners, not the City, are responsible for repairing a leaky or defective water service pipe from the curb valve into their building. Under Waterworks Code § 23-2(A)…

Rochester's Health and Sanitation ordinance forbids property owners, lessees and occupants from letting rodents, insects or other vermin become a health nuisance on their premises, and…

Rochester requires anyone who sells door-to-door, on the street or from a vending cart, truck or trailer to obtain a City-issued solicitor's license at least three days before…

Rochester places the duty to keep an adjoining public sidewalk in good repair on the abutting lot or building owner. If the owner ignores a 21-day written repair notice, the City…

Anyone building a marquee, awning, sidewalk cafe, foundation footing or other structure that extends into a Rochester street right-of-way must get a written permit from the City…

Rochester bars placing materials, goods, equipment or machinery in the public right-of-way, including sidewalks, without a written permit from the City Engineer. Violators face…

Rochester issues seasonal sidewalk cafe permits from the City Engineer running April 1 through November 30, limited to businesses operating a legally established food or beverage…

No parade, procession or organized group march may use a Rochester street without a Mayor-issued permit. Applications go to the Commissioner of Recreation and Human Services at least…

Rochester requires a Commissioner's permit for most organized park use: § 79-19A bars public speeches, meetings, marches or parades, gatherings over 50 people, organized games…

Rochester block parties need a special event permit from the Director of Communications plus a street closing petition signed by at least 60% of the block's residents. Attendance is…

A solicitor who wants to sell merchandise from a truck, trailer or cart at a Rochester street fair, parade or festival needs a City license or a temporary permit from the City Clerk…

Rochester exempts garage, yard, porch and basement sales from its solicitor licensing law only if the same person holds no more than two such sales on the same property in a calendar…

Rochester's excessive-noise ordinance flatly exempts air conditioners from its property-line noise thresholds, so a running AC unit cannot be cited under the general curfew the way…

Rochester's Noise chapter singles out loading and unloading for its own rule: City Code § 75-13 bars excessive noise from unloading a delivery vehicle or from opening, unloading or…

Rochester's citywide noise ordinance bars "excessive noise" audible beyond a property line at night or 50 feet away by day, but City Code § 75-4B(8) specifically carves emergency…

Rochester's business-permit chapter bars the Commissioner from denying a permit to an adult-use cannabis retail dispensary or on-site consumption lounge if doing so would undercut a…

Rochester's zoning code treats state-licensed adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries as an allowed use citywide rather than banning them. In the Center City District all uses are…

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.

Every light fixture in Rochester has to be a concealed-source fixture, security lighting must be shielded and can't top a building's roofline, and exterior wall-mounted floodlights are…

No use in Rochester may produce a strong, dazzling light or glare visible from any point along a property line, under City Code § 120-170A(1). The rule applies to every zoning district…

Pawnbrokers in Rochester must hold a Chief of Police-issued license under City Code § 80-1, renewed annually by May 31 for a $350 fee (§§ 80-2, 80-3). Licensees must report every…

Rochester regulates tattoo parlors and body piercing studios as a licensed 'salon' business under Chapter 90. No one may operate one without first obtaining a City business permit from…

Rochester licenses adult arcades, cabarets, movie theaters and retail stores under Chapter 98, and zoning keeps most of them 1,000 feet from protected uses, 500 feet from residential…

Stores that sell cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping devices or hookah products in Rochester are licensed as a 'smoking goods establishment' under Chapter 90. Operating one requires an…

Rochester lets residents work on their own cars at home as an accessory use, but only within tight limits: the vehicle must be owned and personally used by a resident, the repair must…

No one may run a towing company or operate a tow truck for hire in Rochester without an annual license from the Chief of Police. Non-consent tows from private lots are capped at $160…

Anyone buying, trading or pawning used gold, electronics, bicycles, tools or similar goods in Rochester must hold a secondhand dealer's license from the Chief of Police. The annual fee…

When a Rochester tenant files a complaint, the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development must inspect not just the unit at issue but every common area of the building. Every…

Rochester requires a valid Certificate of Occupancy for rental dwellings, renewed on a fixed cycle after City inspection. Buildings with three or more units get a three-year C of O…

Rochester requires an approval application before installing a solar energy system: the application must include a screening/landscaping plan and a detailed safety plan under City Code…

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…

In Rochester, the owner of a building or lot must clear snow and ice from adjoining sidewalks by 9:00 a.m. when snow falls overnight, and by 8:00 p.m. when it falls during the day…

Rochester requires every vacant lot owner to keep the lot in a safe and sanitary condition and free of refuse, high grass and overgrown weeds under Property Code § 90-17(B)(2). The…

Rochester's Municipal Code declares any building, structure or vacant area that violates the Property Conservation, Building, Plumbing, Fire, Zoning or Health codes to be an unlawful…

Rochester's Center City has its own design regime, separate from the citywide design standards. Article IX of the Zoning Code establishes the CCD Center City District under § 120-57…

Rochester's parks close overnight under City Code § 79-2C: 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. during the summer season (April 1 through November 15) and 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. during the winter season…

Rochester codified its sanctuary-city protections into the Human Rights chapter in 2025, barring City staff and police from asking about immigration status when providing services…

Rochester's Zoning Code exempts customary holiday decorations from every sign standard in the city. They're allowed in any district, of any type, number, size, height, placement…

Rochester designates landmarks, including cultural and civic sites, through the Preservation Board and Planning Commission under City Code § 120-193. A site must show cultural…

Monroe County's open burning law explicitly permits fires in outdoor grills and fireplaces used to prepare food, exempting backyard cooking fires from the county's general open-burning…

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…

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 homeowners association boards answer to Not-for-Profit Corporation Law Section 621. A member of record for at least six months, or a holder of five percent of any voting…

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…

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…

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 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)…