NYC Council Introduction 928

intro.nyc/0928-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Requiring the department of transportation to conduct a pilot project on the use of cool pavement
Status: Committee Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsored by Sandy Nurse
Introduced: May 23, 2024

This bill would require the Department of Transportation to conduct a pilot project, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on the use of cool pavement—pavement and pavement coatings designed to keep area temperatures cooler than traditional asphalt and thus combat the urban heat island effect—on City streets. The pilot is required to include at least four neighborhoods that are, or include, both disadvantaged communities and heat vulnerable communities. The Department must then submit a report to the Mayor and Council on the results of the pilot project.