"New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to require stores and restaurants to accept cash for payment, saying businesses that accept only credit and debit cards are discriminating against New Yorkers who lack bank accounts and credit cards.

“This practice punishes the underbanked,” City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said before the council's 43-3 vote in favor of the bill.

Under the bill, businesses that refuse cash will be fined $1,000 for the first violation and $1,500 after that. The measure, which is expected to go into effect by the end of the year, also prohibits stores from charging higher prices for paying in cash."

abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/york-city-council-votes-ban-cashless-businesses-68491927

>>7920607

That's what Enterprise car rental told me when they stopped taking cash. Some deli in New York? Possibly, but since going cashless is part of global government's plan, it's hard to say what the motive of an individual store is. Small local business may be worried of robbery, large companies like Amazon or Walmart would have government control as their reasoning.