NYC Council Introduction 535

intro.nyc/0535-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Exempting or partially exempting seniors and certain persons with disabilities from penalties for failing to remove snow or ice from sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs and other locations.
Status: Committee Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Sponsored by Justin L. Brannan
Introduced: March 7, 2024

The bill would require the Department of Sanitation to establish a program to assist seniors and persons with disabilities with snow removal from sidewalks abutting buildings such individuals own, lease or occupy. It would also reduce the fines by at least 50 percent for seniors and persons with disabilities who fail to remove snow from these sidewalks.