Int. No. 937
By Council Members Avilés, Bottcher, Farías, Brannan and Hanif
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to annual reporting on the use of shore power at cruise terminals
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 22-827 of subchapter 2 of chapter 8 of title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law 54 for the year 2024, is amended to read as follows:
b. Any contracted entity in contract with a cruise terminal operator shall be responsible for monitoring such cruise terminal operator’s compliance with the requirements set forth in subdivision a of this section and for enforcing any penalties for noncompliance as set forth in the applicable contract. Such contracted entity shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and publish on its website, no later than February 1, 2025, and no later than February 1 each year thereafter, a report on the usage of shore power at cruise terminals for the preceding calendar year. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to:
(1) the total number of cruise ships that docked at each cruise terminal;
(2) the number of cruise ships that utilized shore power at each cruise terminal;
(3) for any cruise ship that did not utilize shore power, an explanation of why shore power was not utilized, including whether shore power was unavailable, the ship lacked the necessary technical capacity, or the use of shore power was deemed unsafe or impracticable by the contracted entity or the cruise terminal operator; and
(4) any other information such contracted entity deems relevant.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
Session 13
ARP
LS #16318
4/23/24