Bill Text: NY S08708 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that certain transportation facilities operated by public authorities implement traveler-friendly concession pricing which is no more than the average retail price of such items at similar commercial establishments within a certain radius; authorizes the office of the comptroller to conduct random audits and to enforce such pricing requirements.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-07 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08708 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S08708-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8708

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 7, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
          certain  transportation  facilities  operated by public authorities to
          implement traveler-friendly concession pricing policies

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  397-c to read as follows:
     3    §  397-c. Traveler-friendly concession pricing. 1. For the purposes of
     4  this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    (a) "transportation facility" shall mean any rapid  transit,  commuter
     6  railroad,  omnibus, marine, airport and aviation facility or any thruway
     7  rest areas, service areas or welcome centers within the state.
     8    (b) "traveler-friendly concession pricing" shall mean the  pricing  of
     9  food  and  beverages  at  rates no more than the average retail price of
    10  such items at similar commercial establishments within a ten-mile  radi-
    11  us.
    12    (c) "similar commercial establishment" shall mean a vendor not located
    13  within  the  transportation  facility that is comparable with the vendor
    14  located  within  the  transportation  facility  in  terms  of   concept,
    15  location, price rating, and category designation.
    16    2.  (a)  Any  transportation  facility  that  is  operated by a public
    17  authority shall be required  to  adopt  a  traveler-friendly  concession
    18  pricing policy.
    19    (b)  Such pricing policy shall apply to all food and beverages sold by
    20  vendors within the facility to the public.
    21    (c) Each public authority operating a  transportation  facility  shall
    22  submit  an  annual  compliance  report to the office of the comptroller,
    23  detailing:
    24    (i) average concession prices;
    25    (ii) comparable local market prices; and
    26    (iii) evidence of compliance by vendors with the street pricing model.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (d) The office of the  comptroller  shall  be  authorized  to  conduct
     2  random audits and enforce the provisions of this section.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     5  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     6  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     7  completed on or before such effective date.