File #: Int 0677-2024    Version: * Name: Signs near diaper changing tables.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
On agenda: 3/19/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to signs near diaper changing tables
Sponsors: James F. Gennaro, Shahana K. Hanif, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Farah N. Louis, Lincoln Restler
Council Member Sponsors: 5
Summary: This bill would require that, where a building contains a restroom intended for public or common use, a building owner must post a sign in or near each restroom that contains a diaper changing table stating that baby wipes should not be flushed.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 677, 2. Int. No. 677, 3. March 19, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-19-24, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 19, 2024

Int. No. 677

 

By Council Members Gennaro, Hanif, Gutiérrez, Louis and Restler

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to signs near diaper changing tables

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-518.2 to read as follows:

§ 24-518.2 Signs near diaper changing tables. The owner of a building containing space that (i) is intended for public or common use and (ii) contains a diaper changing table within a restroom shall post and maintain a sign on or near the entrance to each such restroom stating that baby wipes should not be flushed. Such sign shall be posted and maintained in a form and manner determined by the commissioner of environmental protection.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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