Public Conduct in New York (2026)

Albany bans soliciting money in an aggressive manner in any public place, and bans soliciting within 10 feet of a bank…

Town of Babylon Code § 165-28 makes it a violation to loiter, remain, or wander in any public place for the purpose of…

Loitering in a Monroe County park to beg is a violation under the county Parks chapter, enforced Countywide within park…

New Rochelle bans panhandling within 20 feet of a bank entrance or ATM, at bus stops, in transit vehicles, in sidewalk…

Rochester bans soliciting money 'in an aggressive manner' in any public place, plus flat bans on soliciting within 20…

Yonkers bans aggressive solicitation everywhere in the city and bans all begging within 10 feet of a bank…

Buffalo prohibits aggressive solicitation in public places, including near ATMs, in bus shelters, parking areas, or…

New York City bans 'aggressive manner' solicitation everywhere in public, defined as intimidating or threatening…

Town of Babylon Code § 165-4 makes it a Class B misdemeanor to urinate anywhere in public other than a toilet or…

Glen Cove makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place under City Code Section 199-7, amended in 2007…

New Rochelle's 2025 Pedestrian Plazas law flatly bans spitting, urinating or defecating in Anderson, Memorial and…

Smithtown Code Section 101-5C makes it a violation to defecate or urinate anywhere in a Town park or beach except in…

Brookhaven's Nuisance Abatement chapter bans defecating or urinating anywhere except a public or private toilet or…

Albany bans urinating or defecating in any public place, streets, parks, parking ramps, hotel hallways, except in a…

Hempstead Code § 77-9 makes urinating or defecating in any public place, other than an available public restroom, a…

Huntington Town Code § 135-6 flatly bars defecating or urinating in any public place, tying the definition to New York…

New York City bans public urination and defecation as "filthy matter" under the Sanitation Code, with a dedicated lower…

North Hempstead's Chapter 43, adopted in April 2023, makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place…

Broome County bans skateboards, roller skates and bicycles from the pedestrian walks and areas of county-owned…

Huntington makes it unlawful to skateboard, rollerblade, roller-skate, ride a bicycle or ride a recreational scooter at…

New Rochelle outright bans skateboard use anywhere on a public street, sidewalk, or public place, grouped with the…

Putnam County bans skateboards, in-line skates and roller skates on the grounds of any county-owned facility, including…

Skateboarding is prohibited on any property owned or operated by Suffolk County, including County parks, except in…

Glen Cove bans skateboards, roller skates and similar devices on any street or public property except where the City…

Greece's Skateboard Law bans careless or dangerous riding on public streets and sidewalks, prohibits skateboards…

Town of Hempstead Code § 78-12 lists roller skating and skate-boarding among activities barred in any Town park except…

Skateboarding on a sidewalk anywhere within a business district is banned under Chapter 4A of the Town Code, and riders…

Oneida bans skateboarding on any public street, sidewalk or other city property under City Code § 26-5, except in areas…

The Town of Oyster Bay bans skateboarding, roller-skating, go-cart and motor scooter riding in every park and beach it…

Riding a skateboard anywhere in Schenectady's Downtown Special Assessment District or the Upper Union Street Business…

Syracuse bans skateboards and similar wheeled riding devices on sidewalks, streets and parking lots inside its special…

Albany bans skateboarding on publicly owned monuments, sculptures, and statuary; police may seize the skateboard on the…

Amherst limits skateboarding on Town recreation-area property to spots the Town has specifically designated for it…

Cheektowaga's only skateboard-specific rule sits in its bicycle trail law: skateboarders, along with cyclists and…

New York City bans reckless skateboarding, roller skating and in-line skating on public streets, highways and…

North Hempstead bans skateboards, scooters and in-line skates on any street or sidewalk the Town Board designates by…

Rochester lets riders over 12 skateboard on sidewalks, bike lanes, cycle tracks or multi-use trails, but bans it in…

Riders under 14 must wear an ANSI- or Snell-certified helmet on foot-powered scooters, in-line skates, roller skates…

The Town of Babylon bans operating a "party house", a home rented out for a fee for commercial parties, receptions or…

Amherst's Social Host Liability law, Chapter 167, makes anyone who hosts, allows or fails to stop a loud or unruly…

Buffalo's Nuisance Party ordinance prohibits hosting or permitting gatherings that result in noise violations, open…

Adults who own, rent or control a home in Dutchess County commit a violation if they knowingly let anyone under 21…

Nassau County's Social Host Law makes it a crime for anyone over 18 who controls a residence to knowingly allow minors…

Syracuse's Nuisance Party Ordinance lets police shut down and cite the host of any gathering that spills into…

The Town of Islip's noise code makes it an offense to run a radio, stereo, or musical instrument loud enough to disturb…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York polices loud parties in apartments and multiple dwellings under Noise §…

Orange County bars anyone required to register under New York's Sex Offender Registration Act from loitering within 300…

Oyster Bay's Public Parking District rules make loitering illegal in any Town-owned parking field. Section 233-107(i)…

Town of Babylon Code § 165-28 bans loitering for threatening conduct, begging, open-container drinking, gambling, drug…

Beyond the citywide park curfew, Mount Vernon closes its two named athletic fields on their own schedules: Hutchinson…

New Rochelle bans loitering in public places for illegal activity and flatly prohibits loafing or loitering inside the…

Rochester has no citywide loitering ordinance, but § 111-123 bans loitering or sleeping on or about the premises of any…

Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders may not loiter within 100 feet of any playground, day-care center, public pool, video…

Syracuse's Revised General Ordinances make it an offense to loiter or stroll about city streets and public places…

Albany makes it unlawful to loiter or remain anywhere for a specific illegal purpose, drug activity, illegal weapons…

Town of Brookhaven Code § 10-24 makes it a violation to loiter or remain in any Town park, on foot or in a vehicle…

Broome County bans loitering in or near toilets and restroom facilities on county property under Parks and Recreation…

Cheektowaga has no stand-alone anti-loitering ordinance. Instead, its nuisance law counts a building or property used…

Glen Cove bans loitering that blocks access to public buildings, sidewalks, streets or bridges, and separately bans…

Town of Hempstead Code § 80-8B(9) bars loitering in any Town or district public parking field for the purpose of…

Huntington bans parking, loitering or congregating between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. at the Washington Drive municipal parking…

North Hempstead's Town Code bans loitering in any off-street parking area under § 57-17, added in 2022. The law only…

Oneida, Madison County, New York makes it a misdemeanor to loiter in streets, alleys, parks, public places, or building…

At the Town's Spook Rock Golf Course, Ramapo's park rules bar loitering or creating a disturbance while intoxicated…

Rockland County bars loitering or remaining in any county park or park area, on foot or in a vehicle, after the posted…

Schenectady's Peace and Good Order code bans loitering, loafing, wandering or standing idle in a public place when it…

Greenburgh has no general loitering ordinance for streets or sidewalks. Its only loitering rule, § 330-12(L) of the…

Albany County prohibits smoking, tobacco use and vaping in every County-owned park and outdoor recreation area under…

Town Code § 10-30 bans smoking tobacco or marijuana, carrying lit cigarettes or cigars, and using vape pens or…

Cheektowaga prohibits smoking anywhere on the grounds of the Cheektowaga Cultural Center, indoors and outdoors alike…

North Hempstead prohibits smoking or vaping in every Town park, garden and dock under Town Code § 39-16.1, added in…

Rochester bans smoking outright in every city park under City Code § 79-6, and separately bars it within 100 feet of a…

Westchester County bans smoking at every place of employment, including the outdoor areas of restaurants and bars, with…

Albany prohibits smoking, vaping, and tobacco, nicotine, or cannabis use in or within 50 feet of city parks, recreation…

Smoking cigarettes, cigars, pipes and vape devices is banned in Town of Babylon parks, beaches, playgrounds and pools…

Smoking is banned in every indoor and enclosed outdoor public place in Dutchess County, from restaurants to sports…

Erie County bans smoking tobacco or nicotine e-cigarettes in or next to any public bus shelter countywide. Bus…

Town of Hempstead Code § 78-3.2 bans smoking and vaping, including e-cigarettes, cigars and pipes, at every Town park…

Huntington bans smoking and vaping tobacco, herbal products, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, pipes, cigars and e-liquids in…

Mount Vernon bans smoking of tobacco, cannabis, hookah, or vaping devices within 25 feet of any city park, playground…

Nassau County bans smoking or vaping cannabis on any county-owned property, parks, beaches, playgrounds, and government…

New Rochelle bans smoking and smokeless tobacco use, including vaping and cannabis, throughout the city's public parks…

New York City's Smoke-Free Air Act bans smoking and e-cigarette use in every city park and pedestrian plaza, plus…

Town Code § 168-22.1 bans smoking and carrying lit cigarettes, cigars or pipes at every public beach and park the Town…

Smithtown Code Section 101-1C bans using an e-cigarette or smoking a lit cigarette, cigar or pipe anywhere in a Town…

Suffolk County bars smoking anywhere in a County park except designated parking areas, with a carve-out for County-run…

Syracuse prohibits smoking tobacco or any other product in every park it owns and operates, plus any additional outdoor…

Ulster County bans smoking on all county-owned or leased property, including parks and building grounds, enforced by…

Yonkers City Code § 68-12 bans smoking, including e-cigarettes and vaping, inside any playground or within 50 feet of…

Smoking is prohibited in all City of Buffalo buildings, City-owned or -leased vehicles, all public parks, and…

Smoking, vaping and tobacco use are banned outright in every Town-owned building and within 30 feet of one, and banned…

Schenectady bars using tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, within 50 feet of any building the City owns or…

Tompkins County bans smoking in bars and food service establishments, and the county code writes outdoor seating areas…

Ramapo's park rules ban smoking inside the perimeter fences of all Town swimming pools and on Town tennis courts…

New Rochelle pedestrians who cross mid-block outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield to all vehicles on the…

Traffic Code § 15-264 requires any pedestrian crossing a Syracuse street outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk to…

Pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk in Rochester's Central Traffic District, any business district, or on a main…

New York City explicitly allows pedestrians to cross mid-block, outside marked or unmarked crosswalks, under Local Law…

Town Code § 173-22 bars smoking or vaping cannabis on any sidewalk or street in the unincorporated Town of Huntington…

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

North Hempstead outlaws smoking or vaping cannabis anywhere on Town property under Town Code § 57-13. The 2021…

The Town of Babylon bans marijuana use and smoking in all town-owned parks, playgrounds, pools and beaches, and…

Town of Hempstead Code § 78-3.5 makes it a violation to smoke, consume, display or carry marijuana or marijuana…

Islip prohibits smoking or vaping cannabis in every Town-owned beach, park, playground, and recreation area, and inside…

Smoking or vaping cannabis on any Nassau County-owned property is banned countywide, covering parks, beaches…

In Buffalo, adults 21 and older can smoke or vape cannabis anywhere tobacco smoking is allowed, but not where the Clean…

Glen Cove's Chapter 80, adopted December 9, 2025, bars smoking or vaping cannabis and marijuana in any outdoor public…

Adults 21 and older may legally smoke or vape cannabis anywhere tobacco smoking is allowed under New York's Marihuana…

The Town of Babylon bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park or…

Cheektowaga's Parks Ordinance bars consuming alcohol or holding an open container meant for drinking anywhere inside a…

Hempstead Code § 77-2 bans consuming alcohol or carrying an open or unsealed container of an alcoholic beverage in any…

No one may drink or carry an open container of alcohol on any Town of Islip street, sidewalk, park, public hall or…

Smithtown Town Code Chapter 94 makes it a violation to drink any alcoholic beverage, or to carry an open or unsealed…

Albany bans open containers and public alcohol consumption citywide under the Open Container Ordinance, with exceptions…

Open alcoholic beverages are barred from Broome County buildings and grounds without authorization under Code §…

Colonie Code § 48-3 bans consuming alcohol in or on any public place, defined broadly to include streets, sidewalks…

In Town of Greece recreational areas, only beer and wine may be consumed, and only with a permit issued by the…

Greenburgh Code Chapter 305 bans drinking alcohol, or holding an open container under circumstances showing intent to…

Huntington bans possessing, carrying or drinking from any open container of alcohol on public streets, sidewalks…

Mount Vernon bans drinking or possessing an open container of beer, wine, or other intoxicating beverage on any public…

New York City bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol in any public place, streets, sidewalks, parks…

Oneida bans drinking alcohol or carrying an open container with intent to consume it on any public street or…

Possessing or drinking alcohol in an Orange County park is banned except at concessionaire-designated locations, and…

The Town of Oyster Bay bans drinking alcohol and carrying an open or unsealed container of alcohol in any public place…

Rochester bans drinking alcohol and carrying an open, uncapped alcoholic beverage with intent to drink it in any public…

Rockland County bars possessing, carrying or drinking any liquor, wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage in a county…

Drinking alcohol or holding an open, unsealed bottle or container of liquor, beer, or wine on any Schenectady street…

Syracuse bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol in streets, parks, parking lots, school property…

Yonkers makes it unlawful to drink alcohol on any City-owned sidewalk, street, highway, or Parking Authority and Board…

Brookhaven Code § 3-1 makes it illegal to drink or carry an open container of any alcoholic beverage on a Town road…

Buffalo prohibits drinking alcoholic beverages in any public place not licensed to sell alcohol and in any moving…

Clarkstown bars anyone from possessing an open, unsealed alcohol container on public land under circumstances showing…

Glen Cove bans drinking alcohol and carrying an open container in any public place, from streets and sidewalks to parks…

Drinking alcohol within 50 feet of a roadway, parking lot, beach, playground, path or trail in a Monroe County park is…

New Rochelle bans drinking alcohol or carrying an open container of liquor, wine or beer on any public street…

North Hempstead's Chapter 44 bans consuming alcohol in any public place Town-wide and separately bans carrying an open…

In the unincorporated Town of Ramapo, carrying an open container of liquor, wine or beer with intent to drink it, or…

Westchester County parks bar keg or bulk-container alcohol, but allow canned or bottled drinks in food-consumption…