T2026-2422

Int. No. By Council Members Thomas-Henry, Maloney and Abreu A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to maintain a public database of locations impacted by legionella Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-194.2 to read as follows: § 17-194.2 Public database of locations impacted by legionella. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the term “dwelling unit” has the same meaning as set forth in paragraph 13 of subdivision a of section 27-2004. b. No later than 30 days after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the commissioner shall establish and maintain on the department’s website a searchable, publicly accessible database, along with a corresponding interactive map, which records at minimum the following information, to the extent such information is known to or reasonably discoverable by the commissioner: 1. The street address of any residential building containing 4 or more dwelling units in which any occupant has been diagnosed with a laboratory-confirmed case of Legionnaires’ disease, as well as the year in which any such diagnosis occurred; and 2. The street address of any residential building for which the department has been notified of cooling tower test results that indicate levels of microbes that present a serious health threat, under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section 17-194.1 and any rules promulgated thereunder, as well as the year in which any such notification was received by the department. c. The database and map required by subdivision b of this section shall also include the information required under such subdivision for the previous 10 years. d. The commissioner shall update the database and map required by subdivision b of this section no later than 24 hours after receiving any information required to be recorded under paragraph 1 or 2 of such subdivision. e. No information that is otherwise required to be reported pursuant to this section shall be reported in a manner that would violate any applicable provision of federal, state, or local law relating to the privacy of information. § 2. This local law takes effect immediately. IEM LS #23119/25209/25215 8/17/2026 2:32 PM