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Int 0169-2024

Installation of electric vehicle charging equipment on lampposts.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructureintroduced 2024-02-28

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2024-02-28Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the commissioner of the Department of Transportation to annually determine the feasibility of installing electric vehicle charging equipment on lampposts in New York City, and in doing so to identify in consultation with the New York City Police Department the particular lampposts on which the equipment should be installed. Based on this feasibility determination, this commissioner would be required to install the equipment on such lampposts.

Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMass transportation agencies and facilities, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority, and the Department of Design and Construction and matters related to infrastructure projects within New York City.

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5 passed · 45 died

This bill: 671 days in committee

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Sponsors (8)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-10-01 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-10-01 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · 2025-10-01 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
City Council · 2024-02-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (10)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-159.8 to read as follows: � 19-159.8 Lamppost charging stations for electric vehicles. a. The commissioner shall annually determine the feasibility of installing charging equipment for electric vehicles on lampposts under the commissioner's jurisdiction, considering the availability of such equipment and related installation services, cost, location, compatibility with traffic rules and regulations, and any other factor deemed appropriate by the commissioner. As part of this determination and in consultation with the police department, the commissioner shall determine which such lampposts should be reconfigured for installation of such equipment. b. The commissioner shall install such equipment on lampposts in accordance with the feasibility determination made pursuant to subdivision a. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after becoming law. Session13 LS #13632 01/10/2024 Session 12 EH LS #13632 10/3/2023 9:20 AM 1 1