NYC Council Introduction 839

intro.nyc/0839-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Increasing penalties for failure to comply with backflow prevention requirements
Status: Committee Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
Sponsored by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Introduced: April 18, 2024

This bill would increase the monetary penalties to be imposed on a building owner or operator who fails to comply with installation and reporting requirements for water backflow prevention devices. For failure to install the device, the civil penalty would be $1,000-10,000 and the criminal fine would be $2,000-10,000. For failure to file an annual report, the civil penalty would be $700-10,000 and the criminal fine would be $1,400-10,000.