Int. No. 44
By Council Members Borelli, Carr, Yeger, Louis and Holden
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a report on costs to repair sidewalks damaged by city-owned trees
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 18-151.1 to read as follows:
§ 18-151.1 Report on tree-related sidewalk repair costs. On or before December 1 of each year, the department, in conjunction with the department of transportation, shall submit to the mayor and council a report for the immediately preceding fiscal year on the costs incurred by the city to repair or replace sidewalk flags that were determined by the department to be damaged by a tree under the jurisdiction of the department. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the following:
a. The location of each sidewalk flag that was repaired or replaced, and the cost to perform such repair or replacement work, disaggregated by borough, council district and community district;
b. A description of the type of damage that was caused by each tree; and
c. A description of whether any work was performed on each tree or the roots of one or more trees that caused damage to a sidewalk flag, including whether such tree was removed or such roots were pruned.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
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