NYC Council Introduction 900

intro.nyc/0900-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Installing drinking fountains in public spaces.
Status: Laid Over in Committee Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
Sponsored by Keith Powers
Introduced: May 16, 2024

This bill would require the city to install 500 new drinking water fountains by 2030. The fountains must include bottle filling stations and be accessible to persons with disabilities. Within five years, the commissioners of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) would be required to make recommendations to the mayor and the Council on whether the program should be expanded, and what challenges and issues are presented by the program.