N.Y. General Municipal Law § 81: Peddling and hawking farm produce

§ 81. Peddling and hawking farm produce. The governing board of a

municipal corporation shall not by ordinance or otherwise regulate or

prohibit the pursuit or exercise of hawking and peddling farm produce

except hay and straw within the limits of any such municipal

corporation, if such farm produce is hawked or peddled by the producer

thereof, or his servants or employees; nor shall the governing board of

any such municipal corporation pass an ordinance requiring such producer

of farm produce to secure a license for peddling and hawking such farm

produce within the limits of such municipal corporation. Nothing

contained herein shall affect any pending action or proceeding to

recover penalties imposed for violations of existing ordinances and

regulations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit wagons

from which farm produce is sold to stand in front of stores or private

residences for a longer time than may be necessary for the sale and

delivery of produce purchased by the occupants of such stores or

residences; nor to permit the congregating of such wagons upon any

street or thoroughfare not set apart by the municipality as a public

market for the sale of farm produce. This section shall not apply to

villages, or to cities of the first class.