{"id":281648,"date":"2026-06-29T21:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281648\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:58:31","slug":"new-laws-take-effect-in-new-york-this-july-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281648\/","title":{"rendered":"New laws take effect in New York this July: Everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK &#8211; As summer heats up, a slate of new regulations is set to make some changes across New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ranging from new surcharges on luxury secondary homes to employment protections for gig workers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/new-laws-go-effect-new-york-new-jersey-july\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:new rules are taking effect this July;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;new rules are taking effect this July&quot;}\" class=\"link \">new rules are taking effect this July<\/a> that could impact your wallet, work and health coverage. Here is a breakdown of what New Yorkers need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New York City &#8220;Pied-\u00e0-Terre&#8221; tax: Out-of-towners holding onto expensive secondary homes in the five boroughs will soon face a new state tax surcharge. Phase 1 of this new tax structure officially begins on July 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Health coverage terminations: Starting July 1, roughly 450,000 New Yorkers will lose their current health insurance coverage. This change is due to shifts in federal funding that are impacting the state&#8217;s Essential Plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mobile food vendor licenses: The NYC Health Department will begin issuing a mandated batch of new &#8220;supervisory licenses&#8221; for mobile street food vendors starting on July 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Protections for rideshare drivers: A new NYC Local Law designed to protect gig workers from &#8220;wrongful deactivation&#8221; by the rideshare apps they work for will officially take effect on July 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Compensation standards for security guards: Taking effect on July 28, this bill directs security guard employers in New York City to provide their employees with minimum wage, paid vacation time, and supplemental benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information from this article was sourced from state and city government websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8211; As summer heats up, a slate of new regulations is set to make some changes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[108028,50131,79111,9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-281648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-employment-protections","tag-gig-workers","tag-health-insurance-coverage","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}