{"id":422,"date":"2026-04-16T15:50:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=422"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:50:45","slug":"law-would-force-nyc-shops-to-let-customers-use-their-own-cups-but-not-everybodys-drinking-to-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2026\/04\/16\/law-would-force-nyc-shops-to-let-customers-use-their-own-cups-but-not-everybodys-drinking-to-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Law would force NYC shops to let customers use their own cups \u2014 but not everybody\u2019s drinking to that"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new law would force Big Apple businesses to let customers use their own cups when ordering a beverage \u2014 but workers tasked with turning away massive bucket-sized mugs aren\u2019t toasting the idea.<\/p>\n<p>The eco-friendly bill, sponsored by New York City Council Democratic Majority Leader Shaun Abreu, aims to save millions of dollars annually on waste and reduce the harmful effects of pollution. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/16\/us-news\/law-would-force-nyc-shops-to-let-customers-use-their-own-cups-but-not-everybodys-drinking-to-that\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new law would force Big Apple businesses to let customers use their own cups when ordering a beverage \u2014 but workers tasked with turning away massive bucket-sized mugs aren\u2019t toasting the idea.<\/p>\n<p>The eco-friendly bill, sponsored by New York City Council Democratic Majority Leader Shaun Abreu, aims to save millions of dollars annually on waste and reduce the harmful effects of pollution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2026\/04\/16\/law-would-force-nyc-shops-to-let-customers-use-their-own-cups-but-not-everybodys-drinking-to-that\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}