File #: Int 0076-2022    Version: Name: Establishing a program to provide financial assistance for the purchase and installation of backwater valves.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts
On agenda: 3/10/2022
Enactment date: 1/7/2023 Law number: 2023/001
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a program to provide financial assistance for the purchase and installation of backwater valves
Sponsors: Justin L. Brannan, James F. Gennaro, Tiffany Cabán, Kalman Yeger , Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Alexa Avilés, Lynn C. Schulman, Amanda Farías, Robert F. Holden, Linda Lee, Nantasha M. Williams, Ari Kagan, Sandy Nurse, Mercedes Narcisse, Eric Dinowitz, Rita C. Joseph, Farah N. Louis, Darlene Mealy, Joann Ariola , Inna Vernikov, Vickie Paladino
Council Member Sponsors: 22
Summary: This bill would require that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) establish a financial assistance program to reduce the costs of purchasing and installing backwater valves. This bill would also require that DEP, in consultation with other agencies or offices as designated by the Mayor, complete a study that evaluates where backwater valves should be installed to mitigate damage caused by backflow. The study would be posted on the DEP website and submitted to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council. The financial assistance program would be informed by the findings of such study and subject to appropriation. This bill would also require DEP to prioritize neighborhoods regularly affected by backflow events and conduct outreach and education to property owners about the benefits of backwater valves.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 76-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 76, 3. Int. No. 76, 4. March 10, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-10-22, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 10, 2022, 7. Committee Report 4/11/22, 8. Hearing Testimony 4/11/22, 9. Hearing Transcript 4/11/22, 10. Proposed Int. No. 76-A - 11/30/22, 11. Committee Report 12/7/22, 12. Hearing Transcript 12/7/22, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. December 7, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-7-22, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 7, 2022, 17. Int. No. 76-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 20. Local Law 1
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1/10/2023AJustin L. Brannan City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/7/2023AJustin L. Brannan Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
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12/7/2022*Justin L. Brannan Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/2022*Justin L. Brannan Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/2022*Justin L. Brannan Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/2022AJustin L. Brannan Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/11/2022*Justin L. Brannan Committee on Fire and Emergency Management Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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3/15/2022*Justin L. Brannan City Council Re-referred to Committee by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/10/2022*Justin L. Brannan City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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Int. No. 76-A

 

By Council Members Brannan, Gennaro, Cabán, Yeger, Brooks-Powers, Richardson Jordan, Avilés, Schulman, Farías, Holden, Lee, Williams, Kagan, Nurse, Narcisse, Dinowitz, Joseph, Louis, Mealy, Ariola, Vernikov and Paladino

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a program to provide financial assistance for the purchase and installation of backwater valves

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-532 to read as follows:

§ 24-532 Backwater valves. a. Backwater valve study and report. Not later than December 1, 2024, the department, or an agency or office headed by a mayoral appointee, as designated by the mayor, shall complete a study evaluating the benefits of installing backwater valves, as defined in section 202 of the New York city plumbing code, for the purpose of mitigating damage caused by backflow, as defined in section 202 of the New York city plumbing code, during severe weather events. Upon the completion of the study, a report summarizing the results of the study shall be submitted to the mayor and the speaker of the council and posted on the department’s website.

b. Backwater valve program. Subject to appropriation, not later than April 1, 2025, the department, or another agency or office headed by a mayoral appointee, as designated by the mayor, shall establish a program to provide financial assistance to owners of certain real property that would reduce the cost of purchasing and installing a backwater valve. Such program shall be based on the results of the study described in subdivision a of this section, provided that: (i) a program to reimburse, or provide a discount to, owners of real property for the installation of backwater valves, has not been established by the New York city water board, as described by section 1045-f of the public authorities law; and (ii) a program to provide financial assistance to owners of such real property for the installation of backwater valves, has not been established by any public entity, or any entity acting on behalf of such public entity. Such program shall, at a minimum:

1. Prioritize neighborhoods, locations, or types of real property that regularly suffer damage caused by backflow during severe weather events and for which the installation of a backwater valve would serve the greatest public purpose, as determined by the department, agency or office, as designated by the mayor; and

2. Conduct outreach and education to owners of such real property to inform such owners about the benefits of backwater valves and the responsibilities related to maintaining such valves. Such outreach and education shall be in the designated citywide languages, as defined in section 23-1101.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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