Assembly Bill A489

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the city of New York to repair any sidewalk damaged by a tree under its exclusive care

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A489 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3539
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §18-105.2, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6549
2013-2014: A7821, S333
2015-2016: A8464, S939
2017-2018: A1504, S1510
2019-2020: A571, S2553
2023-2024: A6334, S3479

2021-A489 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the city of New York to repair any sidewalk damaged by a tree under its exclusive care that is adjacent to any class one property, class two condo or coop or any house of religious worship.

2021-A489 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    489
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, COLTON -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  requiring  the  city  of New York to repair any sidewalk
   damaged by a tree under its exclusive care

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 by adding a new section 18-105.2 to read as follows:
   § 18-105.2 TREES AND SIDEWALKS REPAIR  PROGRAM.  A.  THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  ARRANGE FOR THE REPAIR OF ANY SIDEWALK FLAG DAMAGED BY THE GROWTH
 OF ROOTS OF ANY TREE UNDER THE EXCLUSIVE CARE OF  THE  COMMISSIONER  AND
 THAT IS ADJACENT TO ANY CLASS ONE PROPERTY OR CLASS TWO PROPERTY THAT IS
 A RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM OR RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE, AS SUCH CLASSES OF
 PROPERTY  ARE DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED TWO
 OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, THAT IS IN WHOLE OR IN PART OWNER OCCUPIED
 AND USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES OR ADJACENT TO  ANY  HOUSE
 OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
   B.  BEFORE MAKING THE SIDEWALK FLAG REPAIR, AS REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVI-
 SION A OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRUNE THE  ROOTS  OF  THE
 TREE CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO THE SIDEWALK FLAG.
   C. ALL SIDEWALK FLAG REPAIRS SHALL CONFORM WITH THE RULES AND SPECIFI-
 CATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION FOR SIDEWALK
 REPAIRS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03373-01-1

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