On Monday, October 19, 2020, the Department of Environmental Conservation began enforcing the Plastic Bag Ban, which originally took effect on March 1, 2020.
The law bans any organization that collects NY State sales tax from distributing plastic bags. Customers must pay 5 cents per paper carry-out bag. Businesses caught violating the ban will receive an initial warning and will be subject to fines for subsequent infractions.
More information about the ban can be found here.