Increasing penalties for failure to comply with backflow prevention requirements
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced Apr 18, 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 increasing penalties for failure to comply with backflow prevention requirements” Read the full text
Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
What it does
This bill would increase the monetary penalties to be imposed on a building owner or operator who fails to comply with installation and reporting requirements for water backflow prevention devices. For failure to install the device, the civil penalty would be $1,000-10,000 and the criminal fine would be $2,000-10,000. For failure to file an annual report, the civil penalty would be $700-10,000 and the criminal fine would be $1,400-10,000.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced by Council · Apr 18, 2024
Referred to Comm by Council · Apr 18, 2024
Filed (End of Session) · Dec 31, 2025
Official documents
Summary of Int. No. 839
officialInt. No. 839
officialApril 18, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
officialHearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-18-24
officialMinutes of the Stated Meeting - April 18, 2024
officialStraight from the Council record: fiscal impact statements, committee reports, and hearing transcripts as filed.
The numbers
4
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Who is lobbying on this
From 7 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2024). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025).