N.Y. Highway Law § 117-c: Hawking, peddling, vending, sale of goods, wares or merchandise; Erie county; certain areas

§ 117-c. Hawking, peddling, vending, sale of goods, wares or

merchandise; Erie county; certain areas. Notwithstanding any law to the

contrary, except section thirty-five of the general business law, the

county of Erie shall have the power to enact a local law prohibiting

hawking, peddling, vending and sale of goods, wares or merchandise or

solicitation of trade in the right-of-way of county roads adjacent to

arenas, stadiums, auditoriums or like facilities, which contain fifty

thousand or more seats, which are used for events likely to attract

large numbers of spectators, including but not limited to home games of

a National Football League franchise. Provided, however, that the power

to enact such local law shall be subject to the requirement that

provision be made, by lease agreement, regulation or otherwise, for the

hawking, peddling, vending and sales of goods, wares or merchandise or

solicitation of trade in designated vending areas on the ground of

county-owned lands leased for use as an arena, stadium or auditorium or

like facility which contain fifty thousand or more seats; and further

provided that members of the armed forces of the United States who (a)

were honorably discharged from such service, or (b) have a qualifying

condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and

received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such

service, or (c) are discharged LGBT veterans, as defined in section one

of the veterans' services law, and received a discharge other than bad

conduct or dishonorable from such service, and who are entitled to hawk,

vend, sell or peddle merchandise in the public right-of-way pursuant to

sections thirty-two and thirty-five of the general business law, shall

be given first preference in any assignment or vending locations or in

the allocation of such locations.