GoKawiilNYC enacts 'click-to-cancel' rule requiring easy subscription cancellations
New York City has implemented a local rule, set by a January executive order and effective Oct. 1, requiring businesses to let customers cancel subscriptions as easily as they signed up. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the measure alongside city officials, and the city launched a webpage where residents can file complaints against companies, including those not based in NYC, and request remedies like refunds and cancellations.
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The rule effectively revives a federal 'click-to-cancel' policy that a court struck down last year, suggesting local governments may step in where national regulation has stalled. Because the complaint system accepts grievances against businesses outside the city, it could pressure companies nationwide to simplify cancellation processes for New York customers, according to officials like Commissioner Samuel Levine who say complaints will be handled by staff rather than automated systems.
- NYC's click-to-cancel rule took effect Oct. 1 via a mayoral executive order from January.
- It requires companies to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up.
- Residents can file complaints against any business, even those outside NYC, via a city webpage reviewed by human staff.
Source: cnet.com — Omar Gallaga, 2026-10-06
Published there as: “A Court Ruling Killed ‘Click to Cancel.’ NYC Just Brought It Back”
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