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New York City Council Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Votes on Int. No. 813-A (September 9, 2026)

City Council — Wednesday, September 9, 2026
BodyNew York City, New York
SessionCity Council
DateWednesday, September 9, 2026
StatusNEW · FILED
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Transcript — Verbatim
0:07

Good morning, good morning.

0:10

Good morning.

0:13

Good morning.

0:13

Welcome to the committee vote on cool consumer and worker protection.

0:17

At this time, we ask that you please silence all electronics and please do not approach the days.

0:22

Chair, you may begin.

0:28

I'm Harvey Epstein, Chair of the Committee.

0:30

I'm joined by my colleagues Wilson, Hanks and Ose on Zoom, Banks, Shulman, Ariola, and Audiball.

0:37

You know, I'm proud to sponsor this introduction, 813A, which allows DCWP to refuse to renew or suspend or revoke a tobacco electronics retail license by finding the dealers are legally selling cannabis.

0:49

You know, we worked really hard in Albany in 2019-20 to legalize through the MRTA.

0:55

The illegal market really undermines the legal market and ensuring that if the opportunity of someone's engaging in illegal behavior, we can shut it down.

1:22

This bill hopes to rectify that problem as one small way.

1:30

Matthew Distefano, committee clerk, committee on consumer and worker protection.

1:35

Roll call vote on intro proposed intro 813A.

1:39

Chair Epstein.

1:41

Yes.

1:43

Brewer.

1:50

Hanks.

1:57

Thank you.

2:08

Shulman.

2:12

Banks.

2:15

Aye, and congratulations, Chair.

2:19

Al DeBall.

2:24

Aye.

2:26

Wilson.

2:28

Aye.

2:30

Ariola.

2:31

I vote aye.

2:32

By a vote of eight in the affirmative, zero in a negative, and no abstentions.

2:36

The item has been adopted.

2:39

Thank you, everyone.

2:40

Appreciate everyone's patience today.

2:43

And we're gonna uh hold it open for a few minutes.

2:46

Everyone can leave.

2:47

Right.

2:50

But we're gonna hold it open just to see if someone else gets here to vote.

2:53

I know we all have other hearings and commitments this morning, so thank you, everyone.

3:07

Okay, on to the next one.

3:33

This uh committee uh hearing is now uh adjourned.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Consumer Protection█████████████████████████████████████████████80%
Cannabis Regulation███████████20%
Summary of Proceedings

New York City Council Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Votes on Int. No. 813-A (September 9, 2026)

The Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection held a meeting on September 9, 2026, to vote on Proposed Int. No. 813-A, a local law amending the administrative code to allow the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) to refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license of a tobacco retail dealer or an electronic cigarette retail dealer that has violated certain authorization requirements of the cannabis law. Chair Harvey Epstein sponsored the bill, stating it aims to address the illegal cannabis market by enabling enforcement against dealers illegally selling cannabis.

Key Outcomes

  • The committee voted 8-0 in favor of approving Int. No. 813-A, with no negative votes or abstentions.
  • Members voting in favor: Chair Epstein, Aldebol, Ariola, Banks, Hanks, Ossé, Schulman, and Wilson.
  • Members absent: Brewer, De La Rosa, and Krishnan.
  • The bill was amended by the committee prior to the vote (as noted in the minutes) and subsequently approved.

Meeting Transcript

Good morning, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to the committee vote on cool consumer and worker protection. At this time, we ask that you please silence all electronics and please do not approach the days. Chair, you may begin. I'm Harvey Epstein, Chair of the Committee. I'm joined by my colleagues Wilson, Hanks and Ose on Zoom, Banks, Shulman, Ariola, and Audiball. You know, I'm proud to sponsor this introduction, 813A, which allows DCWP to refuse to renew or suspend or revoke a tobacco electronics retail license by finding the dealers are legally selling cannabis. You know, we worked really hard in Albany in 2019-20 to legalize through the MRTA. The illegal market really undermines the legal market and ensuring that if the opportunity of someone's engaging in illegal behavior, we can shut it down. This bill hopes to rectify that problem as one small way. Matthew Distefano, committee clerk, committee on consumer and worker protection. Roll call vote on intro proposed intro 813A. Chair Epstein. Yes. Brewer. Hanks. Thank you. Shulman. Banks. Aye, and congratulations, Chair. Al DeBall. Aye. Wilson. Aye. Ariola. I vote aye. By a vote of eight in the affirmative, zero in a negative, and no abstentions. The item has been adopted. Thank you, everyone. Appreciate everyone's patience today. And we're gonna uh hold it open for a few minutes. Everyone can leave. Right. But we're gonna hold it open just to see if someone else gets here to vote. I know we all have other hearings and commitments this morning, so thank you, everyone. Okay, on to the next one. This uh committee uh hearing is now uh adjourned.

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