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Int 0044-2022

Report on costs to repair sidewalks damaged by city-owned trees.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Parks and Recreationintroduced 2022-02-24

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-02-24Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation, jointly with the Department of Transportation, to report to the Council on the annual costs borne by the City in repairing sidewalk flags that have been damaged by a City-owned tree.

Committee on Parks and RecreationDepartment of Parks and Recreation.

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This bill: 674 days in committee

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Sponsors (5)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-02-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-02-24 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2022-02-24 · 1:30 PM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 18 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 18-151.1 to read as follows: � 18-151.1 Report on tree-related sidewalk repair costs. On or before December 1 of each year, the department, in conjunction with the department of transportation, shall submit to the mayor and council a report for the immediately preceding fiscal year on the costs incurred by the city to repair or replace sidewalk flags that were determined by the department to be damaged by a tree under the jurisdiction of the department. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the following: a. The location of each sidewalk flag that was repaired or replaced, and the cost to perform such repair or replacement work, disaggregated by borough, council district and community district; b. A description of the type of damage that was caused by each tree; and c. A description of whether any work was performed on each tree or the roots of one or more trees that caused damage to a sidewalk flag, including whether such tree was removed or such roots were pruned. � 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. Session 12 JB LS #4147 1/10/22 3:10pm Session 11 KS LS #14005 1