File #: Int 1455-2025    Version: Name: Voluntary PFAS screenings for firefighters.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
On agenda: 11/12/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to voluntary PFAS screenings for firefighters
Sponsors: Joann Ariola , Frank Morano, Vickie Paladino, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Julie Won, James F. Gennaro, Julie Menin, Linda Lee, Lynn C. Schulman, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Kamillah Hanks, Sandra Ung, Althea V. Stevens, Tiffany L. Cabán, Robert F. Holden, Inna Vernikov
Council Member Sponsors: 17
Summary: Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or “PFAS,” are a group of chemicals commonly utilized in consumer products, that have been linked to increased risk of negative health outcomes. This bill would require the fire department and the department of health and mental hygiene to establish a program to provide voluntary PFAS screenings for firefighters, and report on the results of the program.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1455-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1455, 3. Int. No. 1455, 4. November 12, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Committee Report 11/17/25, 6. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 7. Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 8. Hearing Testimony 11/17/25, 9. Hearing Transcript 11/17/25, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1455-A - 12/17/25

Prop. Int. No. 1455-A

 

By Council Members Ariola, Morano, Paladino, De La Rosa and Brooks-Powers

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to voluntary PFAS screenings for firefighters

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-155 to read as follows:

§ 15-155 PFAS chemicals exposure screening. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The term “perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances” means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least 1 fluorinated carbon atom.

PFAS chemicals. The term “PFAS chemicals” means any material containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

b. Exposure screenings. 1. The department, in conjunction with the department of health and mental hygiene, shall establish a program to provide voluntary screenings for firefighters to detect exposure to PFAS chemicals. Such program shall offer annual screenings for active firefighters and screenings every 2 years for retired firefighters.

2. The program shall include, at minimum:

(a) Blood tests to determine levels of exposure to PFAS chemicals;

(b) Screenings for cancers linked to PFAS chemical exposure;

(c) Kidney, liver, and thyroid function tests;

(d) Referrals to specialists as appropriate; and

(e) Education on the risks and possible harms of exposure to PFAS chemicals, to the extent those risks and harms are known.

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

 

NAW / HK/JDK

LS #19891

12/10/2025