File #: Int 1330-2025    Version: * Name: Signage indicating hazardous conditions at beaches under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 6/30/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to signage indicating hazardous conditions at beaches under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation
Sponsors: Farah N. Louis, Christopher Marte, Susan Zhuang, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Lynn C. Schulman
Council Member Sponsors: 5
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to place clear signage at beaches to supplement the use of red flags to better indicate when sections of beaches are closed due to hazardous conditions.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1330, 2. Int. No. 1330, 3. June 30, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-30-25

Int. No. 1330

 

By Council Members Louis, Marte, Zhuang, Brooks-Powers and Schulman

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to signage indicating hazardous conditions at beaches under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation

 

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 18-166 to read as follows:

§ 18-166 Signage at beaches for hazardous conditions. The commissioner shall place signs along the perimeter of any section of a beach under the jurisdiction of the department that is closed due to: hazardous weather conditions; the lack of sufficient staff; or the safety of the public. Such signs shall clearly indicate the reason for such closure and that swimming is prohibited in the waters directly adjoining such section for the duration of the closure.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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