Watch list of commercial landlords determined to have knowingly leased premises to, or otherwise allowed the use of premises by, unlicensed sellers of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, tobacco products, or illicit cannabis.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation of a watch list of commercial landlords determined to have knowingly leased premises to, or otherwise allowed the use of premises by, unlicensed sellers of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, tobacco products, or illicit cannabis

This bill would require the New York City Sheriff to post annually on the Department of Finance’s website a watch list of commercial property owners determined within the past year, through payment of civil penalties or a hearing decision of the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), to have knowingly leased premises to unlicensed sellers of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, tobacco products, or illicit cannabis. The Sheriff would have to coordinate with the Police Commissioner, Commissioner of Consumer and Worker Protection, and the Chief Administrative Law Judge to produce this list. The list would contain the name of the owner; the address of each premises that is the subject of a violation determination; for each premises, the number of times a determination occurred within the previous year, disaggregated by type of sale; and the number of times the owner was the subject of a violation determination within the past 5 years.