A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of transportation to notify the police and fire departments about resurfacing work

By Council Members Deutsch, Salamanca, Johnson, Palma, Maisel, Cohen, Grodenchik, Cornegy, King, Torres, Dromm, Levin, Menchaca, Rodriguez, Chin, Miller and Kallos

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-101.6 to read as follows:

§ 19-101.6 Notification of resurfacing work. a. No later than two days prior to resurfacing any street, the department shall, where practicable, notify the police department and the fire department of such resurfacing work. Such notification shall include a description and location of such resurfacing work.

b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the department to provide notification of resurfacing work that must be performed immediately in order to address unforeseen issues relating to public safety.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

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