NYC Council Introduction 556

intro.nyc/0556-2026 2026-2029 Legislative Session
An annual report on drainage infrastructure.
Status: Committee Committee on Environmental Protection and Waterfronts
Sponsored by James F. Gennaro
Introduced: February 12, 2026

This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to issue an annual report on the condition of critical water drainage infrastructure within the City. It would further require a description of all outages that occurred in the previous year – detailing the length and severity of the outage, as well as the steps taken to resolve it.