NYC Council Introduction 1159

intro.nyc/1159-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Reporting on the number of alternate compliance options to street tree planting requirements approved by the department of parks and recreation.
Status: Committee Committee on Parks and Recreation
Sponsored by Alexa Avilés
Introduced: January 8, 2025

This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks) to report on any instance where it has waived the requirement that a development plant a certain number of street trees along its lot. This report would include each time a waiver has been granted, which type of alternate compliance has been used, and the locations of any trees that have been planted off-site to account for the waived trees.