Legislation Details

File #: Int 0906-2026    Version: Name: Dog waste complaints.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
On agenda: 5/14/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to dog waste complaints
Sponsors: Justin E. Sanchez, Farah N. Louis, Amanda C. Farías, Tiffany L. Cabán, Frank Morano
Council Member Sponsors: 5
Summary: This bill would require DSNY, upon receiving 7 or more credible complaints of dog waste on the same city block within a 7-day period, to dispatch employees within 14 days to evaluate the block and enforce, as appropriate, state and local prohibitions against animal waste in public spaces.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 906-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 906, 3. Int. No. 906, 4. Memorandum in Support, 5. May 14, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 6. Committee Report 5/19/26, 7. Hearing Testimony 5/19/26, 8. Hearing Transcript 5/19/26, 9. Proposed Int. No. 906-A - 9/3/26, 10. Proposed Int. No. 906-A Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 11. Committee Report 9/10/26, 12. Int. No. 906-A (FINAL), 13. September 10, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-14-26, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-10-26
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9/10/2026AJustin E. Sanchez City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/10/2026AJustin E. Sanchez City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
9/10/2026*Justin E. Sanchez Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/10/2026*Justin E. Sanchez Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/10/2026*Justin E. Sanchez Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/10/2026*Justin E. Sanchez Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/19/2026*Justin E. Sanchez Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/19/2026*Justin E. Sanchez Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/14/2026*Justin E. Sanchez City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/14/2026*Justin E. Sanchez City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 906-A

 

By Council Members J. Sanchez, Louis, Farías, Cabán and Morano

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to dog waste complaints

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-146 to read as follows:

§ 16-146 Dog waste complaints. No later than 14 days after the department receives 7 or more credible complaints of dog waste on the same city block within a 7-day period, the commissioner shall dispatch employees of the department to evaluate the conditions on such block and enforce section 161.03 of the health code and section 1310 of the public health law as appropriate.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately. 

 

DPM/MB

LS #22290

09/02/2026 5:00 PM