NYC Council Introduction 1256

intro.nyc/1256-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Applicable fines and civil penalties for the obstruction of fire hydrants.
Status: Committee Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
Sponsored by Robert F. Holden
Introduced: April 24, 2025

This bill would preserve existing sanitation-based civil penalties and other punishment for fire hydrant obstruction violations involving the throwing or piling of snow or ice. This bill would also make clear that higher civil penalties, criminal fines, and other punishment are applicable for other fire hydrant obstruction violations and for violations of newsstand distance requirements from fire hydrants.