File #: T2025-4161    Version: * Name: Testing and remediating PFAS chemicals in firehouse drinking water.
Type: Introduction Status: Introduced
Committee: Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
On agenda: 11/12/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to testing and remediating PFAS chemicals in firehouse drinking water
Sponsors: Joann Ariola
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or “PFAS,” are chemicals associated with increased risks of adverse health effects. This bill would require the fire department, in conjunction with the department of environmental protection, to test drinking water from all fixtures used for drinking water in firehouses to determine the levels of PFAS chemicals present. If elevated levels of PFAS chemicals are detected, the fire department would be responsible for remediation. The commissioner of the fire department would also be required to report the results of the PFAS testing and remediation.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No., 2. Int. No.

Int. No.

 

By Council Member Ariola

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to testing and remediating PFAS chemicals in firehouse drinking water

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-151 to read as follows:

§ 15-151 Testing and remediating PFAS chemicals in firehouse drinking water. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The term “perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances” means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least 1 fluorinated carbon atom.

PFAS chemicals. The term “PFAS chemicals” means any material containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

b. Testing. Once every 3 months, the commissioner, in conjunction with the department of environmental protection, shall test water from each fixture used for drinking water in each firehouse to determine the levels of PFAS chemicals present. Such testing shall be conducted using methods approved by the United States environmental protection agency.

c. Remediation. Where test results indicate that PFAS chemical levels in drinking water exceed 4 parts per trillion, the department shall install and maintain water filtration systems to reduce PFAS contamination to 4 parts per trillion or less.

d. Reporting. Once every 3 months, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on the department’s website, a report including, at minimum:

1. A summary of PFAS chemical levels detected in firehouse drinking water pursuant to the testing required by subdivision b of this section; and

2. A summary of progress made to remediate PFAS chemicals in firehouse drinking water pursuant to the requirements in subdivision c of this section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law. 

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