· NY legislature · 2025-2026

Enacts the "cash acceptance act"

Prohibits food-service and retail establishments from refusing to accept cash as payment for goods or services; calls for a civil fine if an establishment should refuse cash as payment.

Sponsor

Nader Sayegh (D-NY)

Introduced

2025-01-17

Policy area

Commerce

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