Int. No. 1198-A
By Council Members Richards, Miller, Wills, Chin, Kallos, Constantinides, Lancman, Grodenchik, Dromm, Levin and Ulrich
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to flood mitigation in southeast Queens
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 24-530 to read as follows:
§ 24-530 Southeast Queens flood mitigation plan. a. By no later than one year after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the department of environmental protection shall submit to the mayor and speaker of the council, and make publicly available online, a plan for mitigating flooding in Queens community districts 12 and 13. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, a timeline for implementation of the plan, annual performance milestones and a description of funds anticipated to be expended by or on behalf of the city in connection with such flood mitigation, including, but not limited to, funds committed in fiscal year 2016 for such purposes.
b. By no later than six months after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the first fiscal year that commences more than one year after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the department of environmental protection shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a report on progress in implementing the plan required by subdivision a of this section during the prior fiscal year. Each such report shall include, but not be limited to, a description of any changes to such plan, a description of any changes in funds committed by or on behalf of the city in furtherance of such plan and a description of all funds expended by or on behalf of the city in furtherance of such plan.
c. This section expires 15 years after the effective date of the local law that added this section.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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