Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in New York (2026)

Every mobile food service establishment and pushcart in New York needs a valid permit from the local health department…

Every mobile food vehicle or unit operating in Amherst, whether on a public right-of-way or private property, needs its…

Food trucks and hotdog stands count as peddlers in the Town of Babylon and need a Town Clerk peddler license, plus a…

Selling food from a truck, wagon or other vehicle in Cheektowaga makes you a "peddler" under Town Code Chapter 179, and…

Every food truck operating in the Town of Colonie outside the Villages of Colonie and Menands needs a Food Truck Permit…

Glen Cove's only dedicated mobile food vending law targets ice cream and frozen dessert trucks. Operators must be…

Greenburgh regulates food trucks as peddlers: a Town Clerk license is required under § 390-3, applicants must supply a…

Mount Vernon requires every food vendor operating a mobile food truck, cart or pushcart to hold a City Clerk license…

New York City caps mobile food vending at 3,000 full-term permits and requires every vehicle or pushcart to carry a…

Any food truck, ice cream truck or other mobile food vendor operating in the Town of Oyster Bay must hold a Town…

Rochester requires every food truck and food trailer vendor to hold either an annual license or a temporary permit from…

Syracuse requires a separate license for every mobile food vendor stand before it can sell on a city street. Applicants…

No mobile food preparation vehicle can operate in Brookhaven without an annual permit from the Chief Fire Marshal, per…

Any truck, cart or trailer selling food to the public in Broome County is a "service food establishment" under the…

Mobile food vehicles (food trucks) in Buffalo must obtain a license from the Department of Permit and Inspection…

Any vehicle with cooking equipment that produces smoke or grease-laden vapor to prepare and serve food to the public…

Any mobile food preparation vehicle producing smoke or grease-laden vapor while cooking needs a one-year operating…

New Rochelle requires a Fire Department permit for mobile food preparation vehicles with cooking equipment that…

Operating a mobile food preparation vehicle in North Hempstead, defined as a vehicle with cooking equipment that…

The City of Oneida requires a separate mobile food vendor license from the City Clerk for every vehicle, pushcart, or…

Smithtown requires every food truck, ice cream truck and coffee truck operator to hold a license from the Department of…

Ulster County requires an operating permit before anyone runs a mobile food preparation vehicle, the county's fire code…

Westchester County requires every mobile food unit to hold a Health Department permit and display the operator's name…

Albany requires refreshment, flower and balloon vendors to operate from one fixed, licensed location inside a…

In Town of Brookhaven parks, mobile vendors cannot just set up anywhere: Town Code § 10-21 confines selling or offering…

Glen Cove bars peddlers and mobile vendors, including food trucks, from parking at any fixed spot on a city street. A…

Greenburgh forbids a licensed food vendor's vehicle from parking within 100 feet of an intersection, staying put more…

Town of Islip peddlers may not sell along any state highway, within 500 feet of a highway ramp, within 1,000 feet of a…

Mount Vernon bans peddling and food vending outright on a defined list of downtown streets, including Fourth Avenue…

New Rochelle limits fixed-location food and beverage vending to sidewalk spots the City Manager designates, capping the…

North Hempstead does not designate approved food truck zones; instead it keeps mobile vendors, treated as peddlers…

On public property, mobile food vendors in the City of Oneida may only operate from locations the Common Council…

Selling food, goods or services in an Orange County park, including from a food truck, is banned unless the vendor…

Rochester bars food trucks from any legal parking spot within 100 feet of a residential-zoned property, within 100 feet…

Smithtown pins food trucks to private, commercial-zoned lots and keeps them off the public right-of-way. A truck has to…

Syracuse confines mobile food vendors to a fixed list of city-designated street sites named in the ordinance and on a…

Ulster County bars soliciting, peddling and vending of any kind on County-owned or County-leased property, parking lots…

Amherst won't let a mobile food vendor set up within 250 feet of another eatery's front door. Section 148-10F(2) of the…

Food trucks and other mobile vendors in the Town of Babylon are licensed as 'peddlers' and barred from selling within…

Buffalo designates a Special Downtown Vending District where vendors may purchase annual site licenses ($350)…

New York City Administrative Code § 17-315 bars food vendors from setting up within 20 feet of building entrances or…

Town Code § 173-31 confines mobile food and peddling vehicles to the curb: sales from a moving vehicle or from the…

Ramapo bars a licensed peddler, including a mobile food or ice cream vendor, from setting up within 250 feet of a…

Licensed Yonkers food vendors may not stand within 1,500 feet of any park perimeter that has an authorized concession…

Selling food or refreshments on an Albany sidewalk, curbside, or from a truck requires a City vendor license from the…

The Town of Babylon bans setting up a table, stand, cart or box on any public sidewalk or roadway to peddle or solicit…

Buffalo requires a mobile food vending license before any food truck operates in the public right-of-way or on public…

Operating a food truck in the Town of Colonie requires a Town Clerk permit plus written permission from every property…

Selling food from a truck, cart, or sidewalk in the Town of Huntington requires a peddler's license from the Town…

New Rochelle bars licensed sidewalk food vendors from setting up booths or stands, blocking crosswalks, or parking…

North Hempstead treats a mobile food truck as a licensed peddling vehicle under Chapter 40 and caps how it can operate…

In unincorporated Ramapo, anyone selling food from a cart, truck or on foot on a public street needs a peddler's…

A sidewalk food cart in Rochester needs a food cart vending license from the City Clerk before operating on any public…

Every mobile food vendor in Saratoga Springs must hold a Chapter 165 vendor license from the Commissioner of Accounts…

Schenectady requires a City Clerk permit for any stationary food-vending spot on public streets or sidewalks. Goods are…

Operating a food truck, pushcart, or any mobile food unit anywhere in Suffolk County without a valid permit from the…

Selling food from a sidewalk cart or truck in Syracuse requires a vendor license from the Commissioner of Finance, and…

Selling food from a truck, trailer, or pushcart in Yonkers requires a food vendor license from the Director of the…

A mobile food vendor parked on an Amherst right-of-way can't stay put all day. Section 148-10F(3) limits vending at one…

Town of Islip caps peddler vehicles at 25 feet in length and confines stationary peddlers to the parking area of their…

Mount Vernon restricts where and when licensed food vendors can operate on public sidewalks and streets. Vending is…

Nassau County doesn't license street vendors, but Local Law No. 12-1990 sets strict operating rules for frozen-dessert…

New York City limits general-vendor pushcarts to 8 linear feet along the curb, 3 feet toward the property line, and a…

Town Code § 173-4 bars peddlers and food vendors from claiming any exclusive spot on a street or public sidewalk and…