{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-20-453","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 20-453","heading":"§ 20-453 License required.","body":"It shall be unlawful for any individual to act as a general vendor without having first obtained a license in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, except that it shall be lawful for a general vendor who hawks, peddles, sells or offers to sell, at retail, only newspapers, periodicals, books, pamphlets or other similar written matter, but no other items required to be licensed by any other provision of this code, to vend such without obtaining a license therefor.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 20","Chapter 2: Licenses"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"ee0a71118635f76477118b5bc460aa5b04c9f16e3a130dc14475c1998aef892f","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-20-452","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-20-454"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}