File #: Int 0573-2024    Version: Name: Installation of outdoor drinking fountains near entrances to parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 3/7/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law in relation to requiring the installation of outdoor drinking fountains near entrances to parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation
Sponsors: Gale A. Brewer, Eric Dinowitz, Oswald Feliz, Julie Won, Shahana K. Hanif, James F. Gennaro, Crystal Hudson, Lynn C. Schulman, Tiffany Cabán, Carlina Rivera , Pierina Ana Sanchez, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Chris Banks, Farah N. Louis, Linda Lee, Robert F. Holden, Amanda Farías, Mercedes Narcisse, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Inna Vernikov
Council Member Sponsors: 20
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to install at least 50 outdoor drinking fountains in parks no later than June 1, 2035. Each fountain would have to be installed within 100 feet of an entrance to the park where it is located.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 573-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 573, 3. Int. No. 573, 4. March 7, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-7-24, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 7, 2024, 7. Committee Report 4/23/25, 8. Hearing Testimony 4/23/25, 9. Hearing Transcript 4/23/25, 10. Proposed Int. No. 573-A - 6/4/25, 11. Int. No. 573-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 12. Int. No. 573-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 13. Committee Report 6/11/25, 14. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 15. June 11, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
6/11/2025AGale A. Brewer City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/11/2025AGale A. Brewer City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/11/2025*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/11/2025*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Parks and Recreation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/11/2025*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Parks and Recreation Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/11/2025AGale A. Brewer Committee on Parks and Recreation Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/23/2025*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/23/2025*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Parks and Recreation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/7/2024*Gale A. Brewer City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/7/2024*Gale A. Brewer City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 573-A

 

By Council Members Brewer, Dinowitz, Feliz, Won, Hanif, Gennaro, Hudson, Schulman, Cabán, Rivera, Sanchez, Brooks-Powers, Banks, Louis, Lee, Holden, Farías, Narcisse, Gutiérrez and Vernikov

 

A Local Law in relation to requiring the installation of outdoor drinking fountains near entrances to parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this local law, the following terms have the following meanings:

Outdoor drinking fountain. The term “outdoor drinking fountain” means a plumbing fixture installed outside of a building or structure that allows a user to obtain a drink directly from a stream of flowing potable water without the use of any accessories.

Park. The term “park” means a park under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.

§ 2. a. The commissioner of parks and recreation shall install no less than 50 outdoor drinking fountains in parks no later than June 1, 2035.

b. Each outdoor drinking fountain installed pursuant to this section shall be located within 100 feet of an entrance to a park.

 § 3. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

Session 13

KS

LS #8399

6/3/25 8:56PM

 

Session 12

IP

LS #8399

4/18/22 1:00pm