NEW YORK — After receiving stiff opposition from established restaurants, New York City Council members are expected to halt an ordinance that would have brought more food carts to the city’s downtown district, The York Daily Record reports.

"We'd like to put this back into committee and ... study the whole idea of mobile food vendors and the limitations of those food vendors," said Councilman Henry Nixon, the bill’s sponsor.

The legislation would have increased the number of vendor licenses and extended the area where the carts could operate. The City Council was expected to vote on the legislation today.

Nixon said he will instead introduce a motion to create a commission that would study the issue of food carts and food trucks.

"Nobody's really sure what effect these food cart vendors would really have," he said. “[The commission] would really be establishing a comprehensive, strategic plan for mobile food vendors.”

Doug Knight, marketing director for Downtown Inc, an organization that promotes re-investment in the downtown area, said that the goal of the commission would be to create a piece of legislation that will benefit all downtown stakeholders.

"I think balance is probably the key word in this," he said.

The York City Council meeting will take place this evening at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall.