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SEP 1d '94 :4:41 CO 369 8c6 7715 ~L' ~ .,UV~ILiL l1L.J ll.il'IYJ ICL....~ - FROt^. WCRTH PEaLTY CORP. T-326 P.10 •ll subdiviOionl) (wnich are designed and arranged to accommodate more than one hundred fifty persons, or which employ more than fifteen persons at the same location. Smoking may be permitted in retail stores which are designed and arranged to accommodate one hundred fifty or fewer peroons, and which employ fift¢en or fewer persons, provided: (A) other law or establishment locations That amoking is nat regulation; and (8) posts signe at the within permitted therein, subject to the voluntarily choose otherwise prohibited by any That the yroprietor of such entrance and at appropriate the premises, indicating that smoking is A proprietor of a retail store not other.+ise ©mnking restrictions of this section may to prohibit smoking in his or her establishment in accordance with the provisions pertaining to retail stores arranged to accommodate more than one hur,dred fifty pereons, or whieh employ more than fifteer. pereons, by filing a notice with the department in a manner and form prescribed by rule or regulation of Uha department. Upon proper filing of such notice, all provisions of this chapter sha1l take effect with respect to said establiahment. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construmd to prohibit auch proprietors who do not undertaks such filing, from restricting smok'_ng in their retuil stores provided, however, that the proprietor shall post a sign at the entrance indicating that smoking is psrmit-,ed therein, and further, that t he proprietor shall r.et state or otherwise represent to the public that any of tha provisions of this chapter are in effect with respect to said establishmentZ. 92102652 iI'd ZIO'oN SS:OZ b6,6T_d3S ITZZ-993-008:QI a;n;tjsuI o»pqo1 aui

Sc'F 1S '9~ 14::~2 r0 S60 966 7711 FROM i.;qRTH REqLTY CCRP. T-329 F.12 N~7i)~J.: ae required by eubdivigion a of sectior. 17-506. When an employee responsibla Eor eeating arrZngemente is on duty each patron, prior to being eaated, shall be asked hia or her preferenee regarding Qeat 2ocation in a smoking or nonsmoking section. Smoking may be permitted in restaurants with an indoor eeating capacity of fiEty patrons or fewer, provided: (A) That emoking is not otherwise prohibited by any other law or regulation; (B) That the proprietor of such establishment, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commi9sioner, certifies the indoor seating capacity of the restaurant; and (C) That the proprietor of quch eatabliehment poets signs at the entrance and at appropriate locationa within the premises, indicating that amoking ia permitted therein. An owner of a restaurant with an indoor seating capacity of fitty patrons or fewer, who ie not otherwise subject to the emoking restrictions of this section, may voluntarily choose to prohibit einoking in hie or her eatablishmelat in accordance with the provisions pertaining to restaurants with an indoor seating capacity of more than fifty patrons, by filing a riotice with the department in a manner and form presoribed by rule or regulation of the department. Upon proper filing of such notice, all provisiona of this law shall take eYfect with respect to said eAtablishment. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit proprietora who do not undertake such filing, from restricting cmcking in their restaurants; provided, however, that tne proprietor shall post a sign at th® entrance lndiqating that smoking ia ;erinittsd therein, and fux'ther, that the proprietor shall not SLate or othervise represent to the 921 ZTO' oN 95: OZ b6, 6T d3s 92102654 TILL-998-OOg:uI aln}t}suI 0]JEqOj a4j

SEP -13 '94 15a05 TO 'd00 866 7711 - FROM ~dORTH PEpLTY,CCRF. - T-330 P,08 - 25 - Cc. An em_oloyar may daaignate a separate enclosed room or rooms within a place of employment solely for use by smokers. d.] €.. Employers shall prominently poet the smoking policy in the worhplace, and shall, within thxee weeks of ita adoption, flisaeminate the policy to all amyloyees, and to new employees when hired. (e.] g, Emplcyers shall supply a written copy of the amoking policy upon request to any employee or prospective employee. tf.] J~_ A copy of the smeking policy shall be provided to the department, the department of buildinge, the department of consumer affairs, the department of environmental protection, the fire department and the department of sanitation upon request. [g.1 1.. :hie section shall not be construed to permit emoking in any (enclosed] area in which emoking is prohibited pursuant to section 17-503. Where a place of employment is aloo a public place where smoking is prohibited y~ r-e~trioced pursuant to section 17-503, the employer shall nevertheless be required to adhere to the provisiona of this section with respect to the private areas to which the general public does not have access. (h. ) j,,. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair, diminish, or otherwise affect any collectively bargained procedure or remedy available to an er¢ployee, existing as ef the date this local law is enacted, 9Z'd ZTO'oN 2O:TZ ti6,6T d3S TTZZ-998-008:QI a}n;[}suI os:)aqal ayl

i 5EP '-9 '94 14:.37 TO 809 266 7'i11 RROM. WORTH REAI.TY CCRP, T-3cS P.0c v2 rue~(Pr"-~ CITY CI7tJyCIL HSD COMPS iEL:212-'88-9168 Se;) lI ''?4 1i?:aq No.003 F.02 Ine. !/o s3: A Sy the 9peaknr (Crnmrtl Mo~her Valloan? and Council Nembers W1lliamo, !licheia, wattcina, Melave-D11an, r'reed, Albanase, Dnane, R1Aho4r, Henry, Linarea. M(a.ibe. Puwn'1 IV. t.ha Pt1:1iC AJVOCitC tMr. Green), Rivera, Rob1oa, warden, whi:a, craz and Fsseo1 01100 .Touacil Memhurv Clacke, Oellacco. DSBrienza, EldridQe, Pie13e, Poster, IiazXloon, Laa:yor, Laitiec, 2ovman, Robineon and Wooten A LJGL LAW re amend tAa adminiatrao:ve cnde of the ciey o! Fea York, in ralation to emoking. xe it gDgo:red bv the t,opnall as~,p11^us• seotioG 1. Dadiaration a! Sogielativa findings aad ineeat. The CoLricil 11r_da that ehe healta riakal accr'_butable to exposurs to .nvironmanaal :obacca amoke i^zrss•) ;aleo knoWS: aa pass:ve srroke or lnvoluntary !noka) rrr vrl t Hwr..lr1 ta}:n.l. Acrruirr3ittg r.n the Anited ,teees! ~nuirnnmwnl.:~l PrnrqCtiun Agency (the ^EPA"), ETS is responsible fo.r t.hN tt:r.y r:artr:.7 ' iI'r.:.ths of apprcxicrately 3,000 r.nnsmoksrs in llir rjr,;iai Ar..yrkH r!nr.h y.!ar, and :A a deadly carcinogen whi6n hrlr ryq tu chw ::ar.eqory r,f arcup A(knovn human) CRLCinOQ*ne. RI u,l?rw nnndt,aa.,+t1 l:y che EPA aleo conclude tha: ra~at~nrw in F.T5 Ynueesi othea sign:fioarit heaLth problema in 4dwIT.6, includir.a coughing, yhleyrr. rrnduction, eheet diaeomforn and reduced lung Eunction. In addition, etudiee conducted Ly other entities have ccnelude' that E'.3 eggravamae the eendition of peaple with heart diaeese, and acr..e etudies have_ linked irnolunt>ary emokirg with heart dieease. ltoreovsr, the Couneil concure in the findings of the EPA that axpos--uro to ET8 can poae aubotantisl hcnith rioko to Z0'd ZT0'oN T5:0Z b6,6T d3S TTZZ-998-008:QI a;n~t}suj oooeqol aql

SEP 19 '94 1J:40 Tq 800 Eb6 7711 FROM WCRTH REALTY CORP. CITY CO 1NCIL HSD CaNF~; rtL :2i2 es ,ir ; 5ep 19'9d T-3z2 P•03 1_0:dd No.00s i'.0Y f • 8 - atG t: ne ~ :Lg•iA'rt31 LO C~sa~r '~inD5.~415 n vice cf alCahs±Lr' 'e ernaeD~h.311 ,~ fO~.d 'n unh watnrr-ar ., be __eenridat9d tr^IrYfS2ra1 St is alco lt• yeveraaa , aervie~ •~ o a ~1'LI~4,'d•~r ea re1CB,. gr•••erarao lees [hgg ~!tv nercel4t perl~t_<LbaCCp~ - , p v tob ce r,•~r• 3ina ~ue not r Hii • • e iaa to acc0- tiT+[ed to r.iaaret~eq, ela~o• -+ :p whlch nf ehe~mtrodaa !~~a ma2P-'-v +wr•frl.er[.9 The aES1G.3~'~a-h etYO= =''n'i en~ cs ehaLi b. ce~derid -^ 1T~ 'h n fifGy~?erc=ee' et innl.ane~r_a e __ _thn r ~•~ ~++nr,a~ uTana Dpl€.?y r, ' n rtennd Snem .iu 3~';.9eLaratc e ~~~~~•'rr ^a,~ :}1 ~nll (il bC 41S1LiiL ~~ a .n i rl . 41L en ill nidR9~1SL ,.~iRnat~P( c (~! 1 V C~I]L.;'G~.a~i. a~e rn,4 . laNiI1B_D.a l1~t~-cyy.~ a wa] le et 'vtSndm+- vea'"i[inn arSt~i~ and Irv 1 y. 9 .x[i-~ar~lshina --siaeelv ax}~wusted ti •1 iae? r~o_rt 1~_ •-- ir~ [he a• *am sn rrhauaC ivL ~c ~ e 12n1 }~rf ahez_!nnn be_r,3~1~ fren W.Wur elsahsafl ~in t} u n a e ..r`ae • ' such _ ZQ '~ mr v .r1 Yr.f'Y_ GiSq9S9 07 ..~•+w ~ ?YHYi ___ .F Y3LY fD OCSID~a S~Y, r .r r SRC _ _ n n ai ~~kµ a,irh zoom ma _ - ;aY c-~, .rea_ err~^ a;n}t}suI o »eqol a41 60'd ZT0'oN SS:OZ D6,6T d3S TtZL-998-008:QI

9EP 19 '9a 15:84 TO 800 866 771: FROM WORTH F2ERt.TY CORP. T-330 P.06 nou u:,n•vo :cu.-i_-~:..-.iu- ..c~J iJ :ry nu_..... r,-u - 23 - discretion, no lees than eight feet from an area where smoking is permitted, and ehall post such deaignation with an appropriate sign or signe, to be provided by the employer. =i, due to the proximity of persons smoking, size of the work area, poor ventilation or other factors, such designation does not sufficiently reduce the effects of smoke, the employer shall make additional reasonable accommodations by rearranging employee work areae, expanding the size of the smoke-free work area or implementing ocher measures reasonably designed to minimize or eliminate the effects of smoke en nonsmoking employees. 2. :hat emoking may be permitted in private, anclosed offices, and in enelosed areas occupied exclusively by employees who each request, or do not object, that such areas be designated for ymoking, even though such enclosed areas may be visited in the normal course of business by other persons or employees. 3. Frohibi::ion o: smoking in auditoriums, classrooms, elevatora, hallways, restroomo, employee medicail facilitiee, and rooms or areas containing photocopying or other office equipment used in common by employeea, Smoking in prohibited in conference roome and meeting rooms unless each and every person present in the room consents to permit (0 smoking therein. iv ..A 4.1 " The [designatioal pt4hib tion of N [nonsmoking areas in cafeterias, lunchrooms and employee rn Cn lounges which areas shall constitute at least fifty percent bZ'd ZTO'oN ZO:TZ b6,6T d3S TTLL-998-008:QI a}n}t~sul oooeqo1 ayl

'..11 7 EP 19 '9.S i4: a3 T0 30~J e66 7711 I.UVh7~_1:. ReAL1Y _ORP• 7-3e9 P.i3 'p y< l ;a:• vo .u . f•.tu Bublic that any of the provioions o. this chapter are in effect with respect to said establxshment•) 6. Business establishments [employing more than fifteen employees] (other than bAzg• nicrt clulza, restaurants, c1leer nq ~a1la. re,ta3l srorqe, taba~co b,usjrsases an_d retail tobacca stores, and except as otherwise provided in thia subdivialori) including banks and other fiaancial inctitutig_ns, hottls, motels, offices where r gt proEessional or consumer service® are rendered and non-profit entities, including religiouo institutionst provided: I(A) In business establishments and non-profit entities employing fifteen or fewer employees at one location, smoking maty be permitted in contiguoua areas designated for gmoking, provided that it shall be the reeponsihility of employers, to the extent reasonably practicable, to provide emoke-free work areas for nonsmoking employees who sit cr otherwise occupy common work areas in places of employment and to give notice to employees of the location of such smoke-frea work areasr (9) That the smoking prohibition, within establishments or entities employing more than fifteen employees, applies only to those areas of public aecommodatioa and not to private areaa to which the general public doeo not have access; and (C) That) t at with respect to hotels and motele. smoking may be permitted in (a contiguous area] bI•d (1) an enclosed room designated for emoking, so long as such (area, to the extent reasonably practicable, is n,5t within a twenty-foot radius of that part of what is commonly referred to as the front desk or registration desk to which the public has access, pnd ao long as zto oN [s:oE b6,5t d3$ 92102655 II[[-998-008:QI 2LnIt}suj oloeqol ayi

SEP 19 : 9a 15:03 TO 800 866 7711 FROM WORTH REALT'r COPP. 'r-330a,03 bxovided. hnwever- that t ie araara&h esh csar3sina lota of ¢ySj~nubi c olaqu~ ~ 0+ doU'C 8raaa af enorts a ena and aia 4 al1 not aenlv t^ arki a: Qsa o such snor s_ arenas_artd 3SSrl4tsLe5i1aa e s . g,. Qttdoor arP36 of ail ore-ori~qarv qrimatv, and secoa arv echco+4 I c~va~~nc fn ruceion for Studente at or below rhe twPlfch asxde ~ev~.},. T is n,a aarRnh g+ ++ +N * all ares of s•uch chi d day care eentera noyw+thst-nd<*+a anv inponais`Pnt signs of =ectioar+7;504 or t7-5eR of t ie ccaot r ythich_ Aer^tit emokin n e~rtain are_am of f _pia e g ovment AzLh resDect t hild dav c_aZe cer.ter_ s~erat~A._~n nrivate reeideeeea. th e aaraaranh shs ' Qgl_.L aDolv to thoae areaa of aut ~rivate re idencea the chiid dav care czncgr is aperatea. ~- a,~~r ar~ae ~f a1~ ^h;~d da~ caze ceatars, J~ Qif doOr araaa o 11c&Uc1ren' Q j,n,Ititutions. 7 . Elaveround. S6. Seotion 17-504 of such code is amended to read as £ollowos co N o 517-504 Re4ulatlon of smokinq in plac.s of employmsai. a, [IC shall be the reeponeibility of omployers ~ 0) who .mploy mora than fifteen amoloyees to 8rovide, to the N eXtant reasonably practicabie, 8tnoke-free work areaa for TZ'd ZT0'oN TO:TZ b6,6T d3S TTZL-998-008:QI a}n}t}suI oooeqoj a41

I =EP .5 ya 14:42 T0 Ba© o5ti 7711 FF.ON IAU'F<rM REFd.r„ .:CiiP. t r-323 P.11 . ~r __ . ... _ ., 5. Reataurants Cwith an indcor seating eapaaity of more than fifty patrona] ; provided, however, that smoking may be permitted in any part of the restaurant which constitutes a re.a tu_sa32t bar as defined in subdiviaion (b) Y of section 17-502, (and in a contiguous area dasignated for emoking,) so long as such (area contains no more than fifty percent of the indoor seating capacity of the restaurant) r re ~nt bar is noG he sQ,),d_ oatron R.W a of (A} Con.qtitu s a eaparate sm_ kg_i_na raS~;~~ t8) Cora_ t't~s an en t~sed room or (C) ContaiRa venttlatinn and } °loor-to- siling gq}~yLition. h ch ofvVly,+ '~ e fe-rivel.l nreven~-~{~ke lrQ~ drift+na i=ito Srlr gth r area oE the restau_ra;t- and auch rGata izant her fa loa Ts at leas talvg feat from t_he indooia. seatina arra o the restaurant. (A proprietor or ocher desic_n.ated employee may, in his. or her discretion, exceed the fifty percent limit for smoking, by no more than tan percent ot the indoor seating capacity, in a situation whora a party of six or more persons requests to be seated, at a time when the only available seats are located, in whole or in part, in the nonsmoking section. A proprietor shall only accommodate such party when the available seating is in an area oontigvoue to the designated smoking area of the restaurant. Every restaurant with a seating capacity of more than fifty patrons permitting emaking therein in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, shall post signs indicating that nonaasoking sections are available, in addition to any other signe 92102653 ZT'd ZTO'oN 9S:OZ b6,6T d3S TiZ!-99g-008:QI a}n;t;suI o»eqo1 a41

I StP 19 '94 14:.3a TO 8EB 866 7711 FRCM WORTN RENLTY CZ,4p, E-ITY, COUNCIL HSD COMPS TEL:^: 3°-y163 ,~ ep 1'; t, T-3e8 P.93 10:41 No.003 P,o3 2 • I ohildran, ae :t ie couea].ly aaa...ciacad xtith, amone nth,er thin4s, laereaaan ls: the prevalence ar ch::dhood respiratory illnaeaco, in:reaa.m in the prevaler.c.. o! _°luid in el'te miCdle ear of ohll4tan, and a staczetically aignificant reduecionl in Lre- lung lunctinn of children. The f:rn:neil also concurs Sn the BPA'a i finCinye that ETS resulte tn edditioaal ap!sndea and increasod aaveriLy of asthma in chiliuen "he ouifar Erom chie dieena., and is e cisk !ector :or ne•.+ nasee ef aecnma :r, nhil3ren who havo not previuaely displayed astnmatic eymocoma. The ZPA reP.+rte that r.war.cy-eiz percent of the gopulr~ion ot the unical ltatee, or about 5a mill:on Ameaicana, arb auokass. Aa the council findc that viTCtally all Amerioans, inr.ludinq ali citizena c,E :Gew :ork Clcy. arP likely to bo Ixposed to ET! Lry virtuo oE f:3 vi?eapread preeogncn 1r. publio plaCbs and '_u the workplacs. ~v:i that cX6oeure to tTS presenta a substqnr.inl and aerious he31[7, r'.ek co nonamCkok:,., it ia the Gouncilve l:ltention to str+ngaern exiot:ng ;-iaal laws which limia ahe arnae in which Imok:n9 iA Fermissib.e. The ceutcil in thesetore plnciilyl furChor restric+.ioae an cmoY.:a~-! In public placea and in the workpitaa, includ'-r.g placing resrric:tioas whieh, ia many c:ueae, limit emokia+3 to e9o3riLely vPntilated roome. Purr.her, the Council is z«striceia4 amokisxg L pa:ticilar places trvquented by children, suwh ae child day CarR aan:ere, chiadrea's inrtitutions and playgr«nande. It io chP CuuaCil's intar.tion thtt theac 4dC6tinnal reetrictiona will l.elp protcac eni:dren and naneawR=n9 ad„lta fram t:1e danqeroua healeh has>.cda prenented by expoaur• to aT9. £0'd Z:0'oN ZS:OZ b6,6T d3S TTZL-998-008:QI e~na.ta.sul oooeqo1 a41