File #: Int 0569-2026    Version: * Name: Requiring the creation of a database of subsurface conditions to support better engineering of geothermal heat pumps.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Environmental Protection and Waterfronts
On agenda: 2/12/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the creation of a database of subsurface conditions to support better engineering of geothermal heat pumps
Sponsors: James F. Gennaro, (by request of the Queens Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would require the creation of a database as a single place for geological logs of the city’s geothermal bores and locations of geothermal energy system installations. The database would also include locations of any and all water wells including unused privately owned wells. This database shall be updated annually.