Legislation Details

File #: Int 0185-2026    Version: * Name: Installation of electric vehicle charging equipment on lampposts.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the installation of electric vehicle charging equipment on lampposts
Sponsors: Amanda C. Farías, Farah N. Louis, Gale A. Brewer, Crystal Hudson, Shahana K. Hanif
Council Member Sponsors: 5
Summary: This bill would require the commissioner of the Department of Transportation to annually determine the feasibility of installing electric vehicle charging equipment on lampposts in New York City, and in doing so to identify in consultation with the New York City Police Department the particular lampposts on which the equipment should be installed. Based on this feasibility determination, this commissioner would be required to install the equipment on such lampposts.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 185, 2. Int. No. 185, 3. January 29, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-29-26, 5. Memorandum in Support

Int. No. 185

 

By Council Members Farías, Louis, Brewer, Hudson and Hanif

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the installation of electric vehicle charging equipment on lampposts

 

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 19-159.8 to read as follows:

§ 19-159.8 Lamppost charging stations for electric vehicles. a. The commissioner shall annually determine the feasibility of installing charging equipment for electric vehicles on lampposts under the commissioner’s jurisdiction, considering the availability of such equipment and related installation services, cost, location, compatibility with traffic rules and regulations, and any other factor deemed appropriate by the commissioner. As part of this determination and in consultation with the police department, the commissioner shall determine which such lampposts should be reconfigured for installation of such equipment. 

b. The commissioner shall install such equipment on lampposts in accordance with the feasibility determination made pursuant to subdivision a.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after becoming law.

 

 

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