Int 0549-2024
Increasing transparency around manhole fires and explosions.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Fire and Emergency Managementintroduced 2024-03-07
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2024-03-07Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the Fire Department to submit an annual report to the Council on manhole fires and explosions to which they responded.
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management — Fire/EMS (non-health-related issues), and Emergency Management Department[ (OEM)].
How it compares
32% of similar bills passed
16 passed · 34 died
This bill: 664 days in committee
Similar bills: median 647 days · 146 days when passed
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Sponsors (3)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2024-03-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 549
- Int. No. 549
- March 7, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-7-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 7, 2024
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the City of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-141 to read as follows:
� 15-141 Reporting on manhole fires and explosions. No later than October 1 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the council on the number of manhole fire and manhole explosion complaints responded to by the department, disaggregated by council district.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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