File #: Int 0899-2024    Version: * Name: Requiring a public education campaign on how to prevent unsolicited advertising on private property.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
On agenda: 5/16/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring a public education campaign on how to prevent unsolicited advertising on private property
Sponsors: Sandy Nurse, Justin L. Brannan, Jennifer Gutiérrez
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Sanitation to conduct a public education campaign on section 397-a of the General Business Law, which prohibits unsolicited advertising on private property if conditions are met by the property owner. The Commissioner would have to educate the public on actions prohibited by the section and exceptions to it, authorizations and requirements for property owners under the section, specifications under the section for the design and content of signs, civil penalties imposed on violators of the section, and administrative processes concerning reporting and adjudication of violations of the section. The bill would also require the Commissioner to post sample signs meeting the section’s requirements on the Department of Sanitation’s website for download and printing by the public. If the section is ever repealed, the Commissioner would have to conduct a public education campaign on any New York State or local law or regulation intended for the same purpose.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 899, 2. Int. No. 899, 3. May 16, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-16-24

Int. No. 899

 

By Council Members Nurse, Brannan and Gutiérrez

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring a public education campaign on how to prevent unsolicited advertising on private property

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-118.2 to read as follows:

§ 16-118.2 Public education campaign on prevention of unsolicited advertising on private property. a. The commissioner shall conduct an ongoing education campaign for the public, including but not limited to owners of private property, to increase awareness of section 397-a of the general business law that prohibits unsolicited advertising on private property under certain conditions and any rules promulgated pursuant to such section. Through such campaign, the commissioner shall, at least:

1. Educate the public on the prohibition imposed by such section, exceptions to such prohibition, authorizations and requirements under such section for owners of private property, specifications under such section for the design and content of signs, and civil penalties imposed on violators of such section;

2. Create sample signs meeting the requirements of subdivision 2 of such section and make such signs available on the department’s website for download and legible printing by the public; and

3. Educate the public on processes of the department and environmental control board that are applicable to owners of private property under such section, including the reporting of violations of such section to the department and adjudication of violations of such section.

b. In the event section 397-a of the general business law is repealed, the commissioner shall conduct an ongoing education campaign for the public, including but not limited to owners of private property, on any state of New York or local law or regulation intended for the same purpose as such section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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