Relates to violations of provisions prohibiting third-party restaurant reservation services from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service establishments

Reservation services face revised penalties and enforcement

Anyone who violates or causes a violation of New York’s unauthorized-reservation law faces civil penalties up to $1,000 per violation. For third-party reservation services, violations count separately for each day and each restaurant involved. This penalty provision no longer covers violations of rules adopted under the law. The law also removes this subsection’s express authority for a designated state agency to recover penalties or restitution. The underlying reservation ban stays unchanged, and these changes share the 2024 law’s effective date and implementation terms.