NYC Council Introduction 560

intro.nyc/0560-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
The sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers.
Status: Committee Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
Sponsored by Gale A. Brewer
Introduced: March 7, 2024

This bill would prohibit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers before noon on weekends, limit the permissible decibel level of such leaf blowers, and make it unlawful to distribute, sell or offer for sale any gas-powered leaf blower that exceeds the maximum decibel limit of 65 dB(A). The bill would also provide for civil penalties of not more than $200 for a first violation and a civil penalty of no less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for two more violations within a two-year period.