NYC Council · Int 1256-2025 · Filed (End of Session)

Applicable fines and civil penalties for the obstruction of fire hydrants.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Apr 24, 2025

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 applicable fines and civil penalties for the obstruction of fire hydrants” Read the full text

Fire and Emergency Management

What it does

This bill would preserve existing sanitation-based civil penalties and other punishment for fire hydrant obstruction violations involving the throwing or piling of snow or ice. This bill would also make clear that higher civil penalties, criminal fines, and other punishment are applicable for other fire hydrant obstruction violations and for violations of newsstand distance requirements from fire hydrants.

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