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Senate Bill S8048

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the department of parks, recreation and historic preservation cut down trees within two weeks of receiving notice

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2025-S8048 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §18-151, NYC Ad Cd

2025-S8048 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of parks, recreation and historic preservation cut down trees within two weeks of receiving notice whether it was received through 311 or the department's webpage.

2025-S8048 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8048 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8048
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to requiring the department of parks, recreation and historic
   preservation to cut down trees in a timely manner

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 18-151 of the administrative
 code of the city of New York, as added by local law  number  65  and  as
 renumbered  by local law number 133 of the city of New York for the year
 2017, is amended and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
   Street tree maintenance [information posted online].
   5. THE DEPARTMENT UPON RECEIVING AN INITIAL REQUEST FOR  TREE  SERVICE
 RECEIVED  THROUGH  THE 311 CITIZEN SERVICE CENTER REQUEST OR THE DEPART-
 MENT'S WEBPAGE SHALL COMPLETE SUCH REQUEST WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF RECEIVING
 SUCH INITIAL REQUEST.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13139-02-5

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