Committee on Oversight and Investigations
TL;DR
The Committee on Oversight and Investigations examined how flavored e-cigarettes are being sold near NYC schools and considered a new law that would allow the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to shut down electronic cigarette retailers that violate regulations. The hearing was held jointly with the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection to address youth access to flavored vaping products.
Key Decisions
- Oversight hearing on flavored e-cigarette availability near schools Hearing held
- Introduction of Local Law to authorize sealing of non-compliant e-cigarette retailer premises Introduced
Agenda
- T2026-2794 Oversight – Examining the Availability of Flavored E-Cigarettes Near New York City Schools.Oversight
- T2026-2791 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of consumer and worker protection’s authority to seal the premises of electronic cigarette retailersIntroduction
- Jointly with the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection