Int 1253-2025
Notice for the installation of bioswales, rain gardens, or other bioretention systems.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfrontsintroduced 2025-04-24
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2025-04-24Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to notify the local Council Member when DEP installs a new bioswale, rain garden, or other bioretention system in the public right-of-way.
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts — Department of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-04-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-04-24 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-05-07 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-05-07 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (3)
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts · 2025-05-07 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts · 2025-04-30 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2025-04-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (9)
- Summary of Int. No. 1253
- Int. No. 1253
- April 24, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-24-25
- Committee Report 5/7/25
- Hearing Testimony 5/7/25
- Hearing Transcript 5/7/25
- Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
- Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-534 to read as follows:
� 24-534 Notice of bioretention installations. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Department. The term "department" means the department of environmental protection.
Bioretention system. The term "bioretention system" means any living vegetative system designed to capture, store, and cleanse stormwater. Such term includes, but is not limited to, rain gardens, vegetated buffers, and bioswales.
Public right-of-way. The term "public right-of-way" means any public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, parking lane, median, roadway, or other public way.
b. No later than 30 days prior to the installation of any bioretention system in or on any public right-of-way, the department shall provide electronic notice to the council member in whose district such installation shall occur.
� 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.
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