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§ 24-233 — Personal audio devices

New York City Administrative Code (current through L.L. 2026/147, enacted September 12, 2026, and amendments effective through October 10, 2026) · NYC Admin. Code § 24-233

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§ 24-233 Personal audio devices.

(a) No person shall operate or use or cause to be operated or used any personal audio device in such a manner as to create an unreasonable noise. (b) For the purposes of this section unreasonable noise shall include but shall not be limited to: (1) the operation or use of a personal audio device on or in any public right-of-way so that sound emanating from such device is plainly audible to another individual at a distance of 25 feet or more from the source. (2) the operation or use of a personal audio device from on or inside a motor vehicle, whether moving, parked, stopped or standing, on or in any public right-of-way so that sound emanating from such device is plainly audible to another individual outside of such motor vehicle at a distance of 25 feet or more from the source. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the operation or use of a personal audio device where such operation or use would otherwise be prohibited pursuant to section 10-108 or 24-244 of the administrative code. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2005/113.

§ 24-233 — Personal audio devices | New York City Administrative Code (current through L.L. 2026/147, enacted September 12, 2026, and amendments effective through October 10, 2026) | Corpus