Int. No. 529
By Council Member Williams, Cabrera, Fidler, James, Koppell, Recchia, Gentile, Levin, Mark-Viverito, Halloran and Koo
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to borough-specific coordination of snow event response and communication.
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 16-124.2 to read as follows:
§ 16-124.2 Borough-specific snow event coordinator. a. The commissioner shall designate a department supervisor or manager within each borough who, during a snow event, as such term is defined in subdivision g of section 15 of chapter 1 of the charter, shall be responsible for the following:
(1) Implementing the borough-specific snow plan pursuant to section 16-124.1 of this
chapter;
(2) Directing communication with the office of emergency management, the commissioner, other relevant agencies and offices, and relevant city employees, non-city workers and private entities involved in snow removal activities within the borough;
(3) Directing communication with borough elected officials and community boards in order to receive and respond to information from such elected officials and community boards regarding snow event conditions, and to provide snow management-related information to such elected officials and community boards;
(4) Coordinating borough-wide snow removal activities of all relevant agencies and offices, city employees, non-city workers and private entities based on snow event conditions.
Such designated supervisor or manager within each borough shall include contact information on any plan issued to the council or the public relating to snow removal.
§ 2. This local law shall take effect on the same day as the local law amending the Charter relating to the annual snow preparedness and response report and the local law amending title 16 of the administrative code to establish snow removal plans for each borough.
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