NYC Council · Int 1374-2025 · Filed (End of Session)

Sale and use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Sep 10, 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 the sale and use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers” Read the full text

Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts

What it does

This bill would prohibit the sale of gasoline-powered leaf blowers or lawn mowers after December 31, 2025, and would prohibit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers or lawn mowers after December 31, 2026. The bill would also establish penalties for violations of such prohibitions.

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