The containment, labeling, and removal of shopping carts

Summary

This bill would require businesses that provide shopping carts to their customers to permanently affix a tag to their shopping carts that identifies the owner’s name, store address and phone number or e-mail. It would also require these businesses to implement a shopping cart containment measure approved by the Commissioner of Consumer and Worker and Protection. Failure to add the required tag or adopt a shopping cart containment measure would subject the business to a $100 civil penalty per cart. The Department of Sanitation would be required to contact shopping cart owners to retrieve shopping carts it has removed from the streets and impose a civil penalty of $100 for each shopping cart that is not retrieved within 48 hours of notice.

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Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

Full history

1. Jan 29, 2026

   Introduced

   This Introduction was Introduced by Council

   NYC Council

2. Jan 29, 2026

   Referred to committee

   This Introduction was Referred to Comm by Council to the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

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