NYC Council · Int 0855-2026 · Committee

Exempting or partially exempting seniors and certain persons with disabilities from penalties for failing to remove snow or ice from sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs and other locations.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Apr 16, 2026

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to exempting or partially exempting seniors and certain persons with disabilities from penalties for failing to remove snow or ice from sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs and other locations” Read the full text

Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

What it does

The bill would require the Department of Sanitation to establish a program to assist seniors and persons with disabilities with snow removal from sidewalks abutting buildings such individuals own, lease or occupy. It would also reduce the fines by at least 50 percent for seniors and persons with disabilities who fail to remove snow from these sidewalks.

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 16, 2026

Referred to Comm by Council · Apr 16, 2026 · the latest recorded action

Who decides next

This bill sits with the Sanitation and Solid Waste Management committee. These members decide whether it ever reaches a vote; 99% of bills a committee approves become law.

Justin E. Sanchez · chair Carl Wilson Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Kayla Santosuosso Sandra Ung Shahana K. Hanif Shanel Thomas-Henry Susan Zhuang Ty Hankerson Virginia Maloney

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