Legislation Details

File #: Int 1035-2026    Version: * Name: Establishing an exemption from enforcement of certain residential sanitation violations.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
On agenda: 9/10/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing an exemption from enforcement of certain residential sanitation violations
Sponsors: Simcha Felder
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would establish an exemption from certain department of sanitation (DSNY) residential enforcement actions. During DSNY’s citywide routing system for the enforcement of residential littering violations, DSNY would be prevented from issuing notices of violation, appearance tickets, or summonses for residential premises when a property owner, lessee, tenant, occupant, or other person in charge of the premises is present and actively cleaning or preparing to clean the premises.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1035, 2. Int. No. 1035, 3. September 10, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1035

 

By Council Member Felder

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing an exemption from enforcement of certain residential sanitation violations

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision a of section 16-118.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 47 for the year 2007, is amended to read as follows:

a. The department shall implement a citywide routing system for residential premises for the enforcement of subdivision two of section 16-118 of this code, as such subdivision relates to the cleaning of sidewalks, flagging, curbstones, airshafts, backyards, courts, alleys and roadway areas by owners, lessees, tenants, occupants or persons in charge of any such premises, and for commercial premises for the enforcement of such subdivision as such subdivision relates to cleaning of sidewalks, flagging, curbstones and roadway areas by owners, lessees, tenants, occupants or persons in charge of such premises. The citywide enforcement routing system shall limit the issuance of notices of violation, appearance tickets or summonses within any sub-district of a local service delivery district to predetermined periods of a total of no more than two hours each day, provided that each such predetermined period shall be one hour. The department shall establish a citywide schedule of periods for issuing notices of violation, appearance tickets or summonses for commercial premises in each district and shall give written notice to the owners, lessees, tenants, occupants or persons in charge of such premises in each district of the periods for the district in which their premises are located by the use of flyers, community meetings or such other techniques as the commissioner reasonably determines to be useful. The two one-hour predetermined periods for issuing notices of violation, appearance tickets or summonses for residential premises shall be from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. and from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., provided that the department shall not issue notices of violation, appearance tickets or summonses for residential premises during each predetermined period if an owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or person in charge of such premises is present and cleaning or preparing to clean the premises.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

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