File #: Int 0416-2026    Version: Name: A pilot program regarding cleanliness and snow and ice removal from bus shelters, bike share stations, and public communications structures.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law in relation to a pilot program regarding cleanliness and snow and ice removal from bus shelters, bike share stations, and public communications structures
Sponsors: Justin E. Sanchez, Lynn C. Schulman, Farah N. Louis, Shanel Thomas-Henry , Shahana K. Hanif, Phil Wong , Sandy Nurse, Alexa Avilés, Chi A. Ossé, Susan Zhuang, Harvey D. Epstein, Kevin C. Riley, Shaun Abreu, Frank Morano
Council Member Sponsors: 14
Summary: This bill would require that by May 1, 2026, the New York City Departments of Sanitation (DSNY), Transportation (DOT), and Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) establish a 2-year pilot program to encourage cleanliness and removal of snow and ice. Under such program, DSNY would be required to notify DOT or DoITT if DSNY observes dirty conditions or accumulation of snow or ice at any bus shelter, bike share station, or public communications structure. DOT or DoITT would then be required to instruct the structure's operator to remedy the condition, in accordance with their respective agreement with the City, and if the operator does not remedy the condition, DOT or DOITT would be required to take a relevant enforcement action. This bill would also require the submission of a report by November 1, 2028, on the pilot program.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 416-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 416, 3. Int. No. 416, 4. Committee Report 1/30/29, 5. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 6. Hearing Transcript 1/30/26, 7. January 29, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 8. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-29-26, 9. Proposed Int. No. 416-A

Proposed Int. No. 416-A

 

By Council Members J. Sanchez, Schulman, Louis, Thomas-Henry, Hanif, Wong, Nurse, Avilés, Ossé, Zhuang, Epstein, Riley, Abreu and Morano

 

A Local Law in relation to a pilot program regarding cleanliness and snow and ice removal from bus shelters, bike share stations, and public communications structures

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. a. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Bike share program. The term “bike share program” has the same meaning as set forth in section 19-194 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

Bike share station. The term “bike share station” means a row of docks for the locking and unlocking of bicycles in a bike share program.

Operator. The term “operator” means a person that is responsible for keeping clean, or removing snow or ice from, a bus shelter, bike share station, or public communications structure pursuant to an agreement with the city.

Public communications structure. The term “public communications structure” means a kiosk or structure on a sidewalk that provides public access to the internet and other digital services, including a public pay telephone.

Public pay telephone. The term “public pay telephone” has the same meaning as set forth in section 6-01 of title 67 of the rules of the city of New York.

b. No later than May 1, 2026, the department of sanitation, the department of transportation, and the department of information technology and telecommunications shall establish a pilot program relating to cleanliness and snow and ice removal at bus shelters, bike share stations, and public communications structures. Such pilot program shall have a duration of no less than 2 years. As part of such pilot program, the department of sanitation shall notify:

1. The department of transportation, whenever the department of sanitation observes dirty conditions or the accumulation of snow or ice at a bus shelter or a bike share station; and

2. The department of information technology and telecommunications, whenever the department of sanitation observes dirty conditions or the accumulation of snow or ice at a public communications structure. 

c. Upon receipt by the department of transportation or the department of information technology and telecommunications of such a notification, such department shall notify the operator of such bus shelter, bike share station, or public communications structure of such dirty conditions or accumulation of snow or ice, and shall instruct such operator to remedy such conditions or accumulation in accordance with the provisions of an agreement between the city and such operator. If such operator fails to remedy such conditions or accumulation in accordance with such provisions, such department shall take enforcement action as prescribed in such agreement, including the issuance of penalties or assessment of liquidated damages. 

d. No later than November 1, 2028, the department of sanitation, the department of transportation, and the department of information technology and telecommunications shall submit a report to the mayor and the speaker of the council regarding the pilot program, including any recommendations regarding cleanliness of and snow and ice removal from bus shelters, bike share stations, and public communications structures.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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LS #17690

03/02/2026, 12:00pm