{
  "id": 11219643,
  "title": "NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/nyc-is-now-the-first-city-in-america-that-bans-sketchy-subscriptions",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T14:49:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/policy/1003426/nyc-click-to-cancel-subscriptions-rule"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New York City residents struggling to get out of recurring subscription fees can now submit complaints to the city government. As of Thursday, the city's click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, which requires businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up. That means a gym that lets you […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}