Chair explains Int 910A: repealing Local Law 75 security grille visibility requirements
Chair Thomas-Henry details how Local Law 75 of 2009 required 70% visibility for security grills, how delayed implementation and lack of agency outreach caught businesses off guard, and how Int 910A would repeal those requirements to avoid unplanned compliance costs.
Proposed Introduction 910A resolves a looming concern for New York City small businesses.
In 2009, the council passed Local Law 75, which required security grills outside certain businesses to have 70% visibility.
Although the intention of the original bill sought to address graffiti concerns, this bill's implementation delay to July 1, 2026, and subsequent lack of outreach by city agencies
resulted in businesses across the city being completely surprised by the upcoming deadline.
Businesses have dealt with so much over the past six years, and Local Law 75 would have put numerous businesses out of compliance or forced a business to quickly replace their grill, adding significant unplanned costs.
We've heard these concerns, and therefore Introduction 910A would repeal the requirement originally set out in Local Law 75 of 2009.
That as of July 1st, 2026, all security...
Pretty grills installed in group B or M buildings permit visibility of at least 70% of the area covered by the grill.