N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 19-197: § 19-197 Department report on distracted pedestrians.*

The department shall study and produce a report regarding its current and planned efforts to educate pedestrians and drivers of:

1. the dangers inherent in acting as a pedestrian while distracted by texting, or other uses of a mobile device; and

2. the necessity of operators of motor vehicles to exercise care in watching for pedestrians who are distracted by texting, or other uses of a mobile device, regardless of whether a pedestrian is utilizing a defined street crossing.

Such study and report shall detail the department's communications, on a citywide basis, that educate pedestrians about the dangers of using a mobile device while traversing an intersection, and the dangers of using a mobile device while being near or in a street and shall provide an analysis of the effectiveness of such communications. The report shall further provide recommendations relative to preventing future motor vehicle crashes involving pedestrians who are utilizing a mobile device. The department shall submit its report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the mayor and the speaker of the city council.

(2017 N.Y. Laws Ch. 306, 9/13/2017, eff. 9/13/2017)