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New York City Council bill limiting food delivery service fees enters into force

Bill Int 2390-2021 limiting the number and amount of fees that food delivery services can charge food service establishments has enterred into force after the bill was left unsigned by the mayor at the end of a 30-day signing deadline. Delivery fees are capped at 15% of an order's purchase price, transaction fees are generally capped at 3% of purchase price, and other fees above 5% of purchase price are prohibited. The bill also stipulates a biannual review of the bill related to its maintenance or adjustment.

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Scope

Policy Area
Other operating conditions
Policy Instrument
Other operating condition, nes
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2021-08-26
adopted

Bill Int 2390-2021 limiting the number and amount of fees that food delivery services can charge fo…

2021-09-09
under appeal

The owners of several major food delivery service platforms, including DoorDash, Grubhub, and Ubere…

2021-09-26
in force

Bill Int 2390-2021 limiting the number and amount of fees that food delivery services can charge fo…