NYC Council · Int 0031-2024 · Filed (End of Session)

Requiring testing at city waterfronts for harmful substances in the water and the posting of results online.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Feb 8, 2024

Official status: Filed (End of Session)

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring testing at city waterfronts for harmful substances in the water and the posting of results online” Read the full text

Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts

What it does

This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to conduct testing of the bodies of water abutting New York City waterfronts at least one time per week concerning levels of harmful substances, including but not limited to harmful algal blooms and petroleum. This bill would also require DEP to post on its website the results of its testing within three days after each instance of testing.

Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.