Aptive Sues NY Village Over Door-to-Door Sales Ban

Aptive Environmental received a temporary injunction to canvass door-to-door in Floral Park, N.Y., but still seeks to change a village law that has been on the books for 75 years, Newsday reported.

As reported by Newsday, the village's law governing door-to-door soliciting has been in place since May 1943 and was amended in 1984. It states that a license from the village must be obtained to "canvass or to distribute handbills, pamphlets or other written material or solicit donations or contributions of money or property or financial assistance of any kind" on private property, house-to-house or in public places. The law does not allow companies “to hawk, vend, peddle, or solicit orders for the purchase or sale of goods, wares, merchandise or other commodities.”

Newsday reported that Aptive filed a lawsuit on Aug. 20 in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, alleging that Floral Park’s ban has caused the company “to lose thousands of dollars in sales” every day. Aptive's lawyer Jeremy Fielding, said Friday that the company heavily depends on door-to-door interactions with potential customers to generate sales.

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Source: Newsday