NYC Council Introduction 159

intro.nyc/0159-2022 2022-2023 Legislative Session
Study and report on the ownership and maintenance of utility poles.
Status: Filed (End of Session) Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
Sponsored by Robert F. Holden
Introduced: April 14, 2022

This bill would require an office or agency designated by the Mayor to study ways to increase transparency regarding the ownership of utility poles and to improve maintenance of these poles. This bill would require a report to be delivered to the Council within six months of its effective date that would include a list of the locations of all utility poles in the city and the owners of such poles as well as ways to identify and improve maintenance of poorly maintained utility poles.

Sponsors: 6