Int. No. 768
By Council Members Moya, Nurse, Ung, Riley, Louis, Marte, Brooks-Powers, Velázquez, Avilés, Narcisse, Lee, Farías, Hanif, Hudson, De La Rosa and Bottcher
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a street cleanliness grading system
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-143 to read as follows:
§ 16-143 Street cleanliness grading system. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Blockface. The term “blockface” means one side of a city block, corner to corner, including both the street and its sidewalk.
Cleanliness grade. The term “cleanliness grade” means a letter grade assigned by the department that accounts for the following factors: (i) the amount of litter on and adjacent to the street; (ii) the presence of weeds; (iii) the presence of discarded bulky items; (iii) any prohibited dumping, as set forth in section 16-119; and (iv) any other factors as determined by the department.
b. The department shall establish and implement a system for assigning each blockface in the city a cleanliness grade.
c. The department shall inspect each blockface no less than two times per year and post on the department’s website each such blockface’s cleanliness grade and a description of the reasons such blockface received such grade. The department shall use such information to determine which blockfaces require additional resources and redirect such resources to such blockfaces.
§ 3. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.
JSA
LS #8151
7/8/2022