Int. No. 53
By Council Members Constantinides, Cornegy, Espinal, Koo, Palma, Rose and Kallos
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the repair of street defects.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-156 to read as follows:
§19-156 Repair of streets defects. The department shall ensure that any reported street defect including but not limited potholes are repaired, corrected and/or fixed within five days from when such report is received by the department. This section shall not be construed as to limit the liability of any entities for the cost of such repair, correction and/or fixing required of such defects or from liability for any damages that result from such defects.
§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after enactment.
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LS#565/2014
2/4/14