NYC Council Introduction 773

intro.nyc/0773-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Requiring the department of transportation to notify property owners ordered to repair sidewalks of existing department plans to make repairs on same sidewalks
Status: Laid Over in Committee Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsored by Linda Lee
Introduced: April 11, 2024

This bill would require that the City’s Department of Transportation (“DOT”), prior to issuing a notice of violation requiring a property owner to repair a defect on a sidewalk abutting the owner’s property, to first determine if DOT or the Department of Parks and Recreation (“Parks”) already have plans to repair or upgrade the same section of sidewalk. To avoid redundant work, DOT’s notice of violation should also notify the property owner of the planned DOT or Parks sidewalk repair or upgrade. Where such planned sidewalk repair or upgrade would begin within 90 days, no notice should be given to the property owner.