Legislation Details

File #: Int 0880-2026    Version: Name: Posting of signs regarding dog waste removal.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 4/30/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the posting of signs regarding dog waste removal
Sponsors: Mercedes Narcisse, Shaun Abreu, Farah N. Louis, Shahana K. Hanif, Shirley Aldebol, Lynn C. Schulman, Amanda C. Farías, Tiffany L. Cabán, Crystal Hudson, Carl Wilson
Council Member Sponsors: 10
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation to post signs at the entrances and exits of parks, and at certain park facilities, summarizing the rule prohibiting a person from leaving dog waste on the ground and the associated penalties for violation.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 880-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 880, 3. Int. No. 880, 4. Memorandum in Support, 5. April 30, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 6. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-30-26, 7. Committee Report 6/16/26, 8. Hearing Testimony 6/16/26, 9. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 10. Proposed Int. No. 880-A - 8/9/26, 11. Proposed Int. No. 880-A Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 12. Committee Report 8/13/26, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. August 13, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Int. No. 880-A (FINAL)
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8/13/2026AMercedes Narcisse City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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8/13/2026*Mercedes Narcisse Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/13/2026*Mercedes Narcisse Committee on Parks and Recreation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
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8/13/2026*Mercedes Narcisse Committee on Parks and Recreation Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/16/2026*Mercedes Narcisse Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/16/2026*Mercedes Narcisse Committee on Parks and Recreation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/30/2026*Mercedes Narcisse City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/30/2026*Mercedes Narcisse City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 880-A

 

By Council Members Narcisse, Abreu, Louis, Hanif, Aldebol, Schulman, Farías, Cabán, Hudson and Wilson

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the posting of signs regarding dog waste removal

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 18 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 18-171 to read as follows:

§ 18-171 Signs regarding dog waste removal. The commissioner shall, to the extent practicable in consideration of the local geography, conspicuously post signs regarding dog waste removal at the entryways of each park and dog run within the jurisdiction of the department. Each sign required under this section shall summarize the department’s rule requiring a person in custody or control of a dog to promptly remove and dispose of any feces left by such dog in such park or dog run.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

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