NYC Council Introduction 518

intro.nyc/0518-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Identifying all vacant and underutilized municipally-owned sites that would be suitable for the development of renewable energy and assessing the renewable-energy generation potential and feasibility of such sites.
Status: Committee Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
Sponsored by Justin L. Brannan
Introduced: March 7, 2024

This bill would require that the Department of Environmental Protection triennially study vacant and underutilized City-owned sites for the potential to be used for renewable energy generation. Such sites would include closed and capped landfills and brownfields. The Department would submit a proposed feasibility study to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council at least three months before submitting their final report.