NYC Council · Int 0560-2024 · Filed (End of Session)

The sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Mar 7, 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 the sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers” Read the full text

Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts

What it does

This bill would prohibit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers before noon on weekends, limit the permissible decibel level of such leaf blowers, and make it unlawful to distribute, sell or offer for sale any gas-powered leaf blower that exceeds the maximum decibel limit of 65 dB(A). The bill would also provide for civil penalties of not more than $200 for a first violation and a civil penalty of no less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for two more violations within a two-year period.

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