Assembly Bill A8873

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires municipal corporations to reimburse residents for the justifiable maintenance of publicly owned areas

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A8873 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §137, Gen Muni L

2025-A8873 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires municipal corporations to reimburse residents in whole or in part for justifiable maintenance, such as snow removal and the removal of debris, of publicly owned areas.

2025-A8873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8873
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to requiring
   municipal corporations to  reimburse  residents  for  the  justifiable
   maintenance of publicly owned areas

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 137 to read as follows:
   §  137. JUSTIFIABLE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLICLY OWNED AREAS. EVERY MUNICI-
 PAL CORPORATION LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE SHALL ESTABLISH A REIMBURSEMENT
 PROGRAM FOR RESIDENT MAINTENANCE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLICLY OWNED
 SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND ADJACENT LANDSCAPED AREAS.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  MAINTENANCE  SHALL INCLUDE SNOW REMOVAL, THE REMOVAL OF DEBRIS
 AND ANY OTHER UPKEEP DEEMED JUSTIFIABLE  MAINTENANCE  BY  THE  MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION.  A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SUCH JUSTIFIABLE MAINTENANCE SHALL
 BE PROVIDED TO EACH RESIDENT. EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL ESTABLISH
 A MECHANISM FOR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF JUSTIFIABLE  MAIN-
 TENANCE  EXPENSES.  AFTER  SUCH DOCUMENTATION IS RECEIVED, THE MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION SHALL REIMBURSE SUCH RESIDENTS IN WHOLE OR IN PART  FOR  ALL
 ESTABLISHED JUSTIFIABLE MAINTENANCE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11985-01-5

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