File #: Int 0800-2024    Version: Name: Prioritization of maintenance of trees adjacent to buildings and structures.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 4/11/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prioritization of maintenance of trees adjacent to buildings and structures
Sponsors: Nantasha M. Williams, Kevin C. Riley, James F. Gennaro, Lincoln Restler, Linda Lee, Susan Zhuang, Chris Banks, Shekar Krishnan, Diana I. Ayala, Althea V. Stevens, Eric Dinowitz, Mercedes Narcisse, Farah N. Louis, Tiffany Cabán, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Alexa Avilés, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Crystal Hudson, Lynn C. Schulman, Julie Won, Darlene Mealy, Chi A. Ossé, Sandy Nurse, Kamillah Hanks, Francisco P. Moya, Julie Menin, Robert F. Holden, Sandra Ung, Rita C. Joseph, Shaun Abreu, Oswald Feliz, Shahana K. Hanif, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Justin L. Brannan, Erik D. Bottcher, Carlina Rivera , Kristy Marmorato, Joann Ariola , Vickie Paladino, Inna Vernikov
Council Member Sponsors: 40
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to develop criteria by which they prioritize tree maintenance, taking into account the likelihood of potential harm to nearby or adjacent structures, whether a tree or limb that has already fallen is still capable of causing harm, and the proximity of a damaged tree or limb to nearby buildings. DPR would also be required to post a description of the criteria used to prioritize tree maintenance on its website.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 800-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 800, 3. Int. No. 800, 4. April 11, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-11-24, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 11, 2024, 7. Fiscal Impact Statement - Council, 8. Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 9. Committee Report 1/30/25, 10. Hearing Testimony 1/30/25, 11. Hearing Transcript 1/30/25, 12. Proposed Int. No. 800-A - 4/8/25, 13. Committee Report 4/10/25, 14. Int. No. 800-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 15. Int. No. 800-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 16. April 10, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
4/10/2025ANantasha M. Williams City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025ANantasha M. Williams City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025*Nantasha M. Williams Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025*Nantasha M. Williams Committee on Parks and Recreation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025*Nantasha M. Williams Committee on Parks and Recreation Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025ANantasha M. Williams Committee on Parks and Recreation Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/30/2025*Nantasha M. Williams Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/30/2025*Nantasha M. Williams Committee on Fire and Emergency Management Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/30/2025*Nantasha M. Williams Committee on Fire and Emergency Management Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/30/2025*Nantasha M. Williams Committee on Parks and Recreation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/11/2024*Nantasha M. Williams City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/11/2024*Nantasha M. Williams City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 800-A

 

By Council Members Williams, Riley, Gennaro, Restler, Lee, Zhuang, Banks, Krishnan, Ayala, Stevens, Dinowitz, Narcisse, Louis, Cabán, Brooks-Powers, Avilés, Gutiérrez, Hudson, Schulman, Won, Mealy, Ossé, Nurse, Hanks, Moya, Menin, Holden, Ung, Joseph, Abreu, Feliz, Hanif, De La Rosa, Brannan, Bottcher, Rivera, Marmorato, Ariola, Paladino and Vernikov

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prioritization of maintenance of trees adjacent to buildings and structures

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 18 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 18-105.2 to read as follows:

§ 18-105.2 Trees adjacent to buildings. a. The department shall develop criteria, including a rating system, for the prioritization for maintenance of any tree that is: (i) under the jurisdiction of the commissioner; and (ii) adjacent to a building or other structure. The criteria shall include whether a limb of such a tree has made physical contact with any part of such building or structure, whether a limb of such a tree may imminently make physical contact with part of any such building or structure due to tree growth or other circumstance, and the potential for damage to such building or structure that may result from any such contact or imminent contact.

b. The department shall post on its website the criteria developed in subdivision a and information about the development of such criteria.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law.

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