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Int 1876-2020

Requiring notice after a water main break.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Environmental Protectionintroduced 2020-02-11

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2020-02-11Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would provide that when a City or private water main breaks, the Department of Environmental Protection would be required to e-mail a notice to each Council Member, Borough President and Community Board whose district is affected by the break. The notice would have to be given within three hours after the break and include information about the time and location of the break, road closures, and other known adverse effects.

Committee on Environmental Protection — Department of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.

How it compares

12% of similar bills passed

6 passed · 44 died

This bill: 688 days in committee

Similar bills: median 812 days · 375 days when passed

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Sponsors (5)

Kalman Yeger (prime)
Vanessa L. Gibson
Margaret S. Chin
Joseph C. Borelli
David M. Carr

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2020-02-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2020-02-11 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2020-02-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subchapter 4 of chapter 3 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-368 to read as follows: � 24-368 Notification of water main break. a. Within three hours of discovering or becoming aware of a city or private water main break, the department of environmental protection shall provide notice, by electronic mail, of such water main break to each council member, community board and borough president whose district is affected or is likely to be affected by the break. b. The notice required pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall include, but need not be limited to, the following information: 1. The location of the water main break, including cross streets and neighborhood; 2. The time the water main broke; 3. Road closures, if any, because of the water main break; and 4. Any other major adverse effects of the break about which the department of environmental protection has information when it provides notice under this section. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. JSA LS #12981 1/9/2020 1 1