City establishments must accept cash payments or face $1,000 fine.
4 min readNew York City's Council voted Thursday to prohibit businesses from only accepting credit card, debit or digital payments.The New York City Council voted Thursday to prohibit businesses from only accepting credit card, debit or digital payments. There were concerns from elected officials that such stores and eateries discriminated against poorer customers who don't have access to bank accounts, according to city councilman Ritchie Torres, who drafted the bill.
Online and phone purchases would also be exempt from the law, which fines first time violators $1,000.A spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said he supports the bill. "The marketplace of the future must accommodate the needs of vulnerable New Yorkers," Torres said at a news conference before the vote.
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