Telephone order charges by third-party food delivery services while a state of emergency has been declared and food service establishments are prohibited from operating at maximum indoor occupancy and for 90 days thereafter.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to telephone order charges by third-party food delivery services while a state of emergency has been declared and food service establishments are prohibited from operating at maximum indoor occupancy and for 90 days thereafter

Third-party food delivery services are entities that provide restaurants with online order and delivery services. This bill would amend the conditions in existing law under which third-party food delivery services are prohibited from charging restaurants for telephone orders that did not result in a transaction during the call. Under the existing law, such charges are prohibited only during states of emergency when on-premises dining is prohibited entirely, plus an additional 90 days thereafter. This bill would instead prohibit such charges during states of emergency when restaurants are restricted from operating at maximum indoor occupancy, plus an additional 90 days thereafter.