File #: Int 0576-2022    Version: Name: Requiring reporting on the features and condition of public restrooms.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 7/14/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring reporting on the features and condition of public restrooms
Sponsors: Rita C. Joseph, Shahana K. Hanif, Alexa Avilés, Sandy Nurse, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Shekar Krishnan, Keith Powers , Pierina Ana Sanchez, Julie Won, Mercedes Narcisse, Gale A. Brewer, Kevin C. Riley, Tiffany Cabán, Althea V. Stevens, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Farah N. Louis, Julie Menin, Marjorie Velázquez, Christopher Marte, Lynn C. Schulman, James F. Gennaro, Carlina Rivera , Carmen N. De La Rosa, Nantasha M. Williams, Diana I. Ayala, Chi A. Ossé, Amanda Farías, Shaun Abreu, Oswald Feliz, Ari Kagan, (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 30
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), to inspect and issue a report on each public restroom under its jurisdiction that has routinely been given an unacceptable rating after having been inspected by DPR. DPR would also be required to maintain a website that would include information about the location of each restroom and the condition and functionality of features in each public restroom (i.e., the cleanliness and the conditions of fixtures like sinks and toilets in such restrooms), as determined by DPR inspections.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 576-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 576, 3. Int. No. 576, 4. July 14, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 7-14-22, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - July 14, 2022, 7. Committee Report 3/1/23, 8. Hearing Testimony 3/1/23, 9. Hearing Transcript 3/1/23, 10. Proposed Int. No. 576-A - 9/28/23

Proposed Int. No. 576-A

 

By Council Members Joseph, Hanif, Avilés, Nurse, Gutiérrez, Krishnan, Powers, Sanchez, Won, Narcisse, Brewer, Riley, Cabán, Stevens, Richardson Jordan, Louis, Menin, Velázquez, Marte, Schulman, Gennaro, Rivera, De La Rosa, Williams, Ayala, Ossé, Farías, Abreu, Feliz and Kagan (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring reporting on the features and condition of public restrooms

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision a of section 18-158 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 67 for the year 2022, is amended to read as follows:

a. Definition. For the purposes of this section, the term “park feature” means a structural or landscape element of a park or other property under the jurisdiction of the department, including, but not limited to: athletic fields; benches; fences; lawns; horticultural areas; paved surfaces; play equipment; public restrooms and the fixtures within; safety surfacing; sidewalks; trees; unpaved trails; and any condition related to cleanliness, such as the presence of litter, graffiti, broken glass, ice or weeds.

§ 2. Section 18-158 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision e to read as follows:

e. The department shall maintain a website listing all public restrooms under the jurisdiction and management of the commissioner, which shall include:

1. The location of each public restroom;

2. The number of sinks, toilets and changing tables in each public restroom;

3. A website link to data related to the general level of cleanliness of each public restroom and the condition and functionality of each feature and the fixtures within, as determined by an inspection performed pursuant to this section;  

4. A website link to information regarding department reporting procedures for complaints related to applicable accessibility requirements; and

5. Any other feature of each public restroom the department deems relevant.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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