File #: Int 0572-2026    Version: * Name: Requiring the department of environmental protection to notify owners of property when the city of New York requests a base rental payment from the New York city water board.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Civil and Human Rights
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 department of environmental protection to notify owners of property when the city of New York requests a base rental payment from the New York city water board
Sponsors: James F. Gennaro, Sandy Nurse
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to notify ratepayers whenever the City requests the base rental payment for the water system and the sewerage system from the New York City Water Board. The notice would include the amount of the requested base rental payment, the estimated impact of making the requested base rental payment on the property’s water and sewer rates over the next 3 fiscal years, and information about how to comment at an upcoming water rate hearing and how to submit a written comment to DEP.