File #: Int 0857-2024    Version: Name: Vehicles reported as abandoned to the department of sanitation.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 4/18/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to vehicles reported as abandoned to the department of sanitation
Sponsors: Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Justin L. Brannan, Oswald Feliz, Diana I. Ayala, Farah N. Louis, Gale A. Brewer, Alexa Avilés, Darlene Mealy, Sandra Ung, Lincoln Restler, Amanda Farías, Crystal Hudson, Lynn C. Schulman, Kevin C. Riley, Nantasha M. Williams, Mercedes Narcisse, Althea V. Stevens, Kamillah Hanks
Council Member Sponsors: 19
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to, within 24 hours of receiving a report of an abandoned vehicle, determine whether such vehicle can be classified as “derelict” under state law, meaning it is abandoned, does not have license plates, and has a wholesale value of $1250 or less. If such vehicle is derelict and the vehicle identification number is not ascertainable by DSNY, the Department would be required to remove such vehicle or cause it to be removed from the street within 72 hours of receiving the report.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 857-B, 2. Summary of Int. No. 857-A, 3. Summary of Int. No. 857, 4. Int. No. 857, 5. April 18, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 6. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-18-24, 7. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 18, 2024, 8. Proposed Int. No. 857-A - 2/27/25, 9. Committee Report 4/23/25, 10. Hearing Testimony 4/23/25, 11. Hearing Transcript 4/23/25, 12. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 13. Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 14. Proposed Int. No. 857-B - 6/24/25
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
4/23/2025*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/23/2025*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/23/2025*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/23/2025*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/23/2025*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/23/2025*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/18/2024*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/18/2024*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Proposed Int. No. 857-B

 

By Council Members Salamanca Jr., Brooks-Powers, Brannan, Feliz, Ayala, Louis, Brewer, Avilés, Mealy, Ung, Restler, Farías, Hudson, Schulman, Riley, Williams, Narcisse, Stevens and Hanks

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to vehicles reported as abandoned to the department of sanitation

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. The heading of section 16-128 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:

§ 16-128 Removal of [incumbrances] encumbrances from streets.

§ 2. Subdivision a of section 16-128 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:

a. 1. The commissioner shall remove[,] or cause to be removed any vehicle, box, barrel, bale of merchandise, or other movable property or article or thing whatsoever found upon any street, in accordance with regulations adopted by the [board of estimate] commissioner.

2. If a vehicle found upon any street is identified as abandoned by the department or reported as abandoned to the department via the 311 customer service center, any other agency, or any official notification received by the department, including any electronic mail sent to the department by a council member or community board, the commissioner shall:

(a) Within 24 hours of the department making such identification or receiving such report, determine if such vehicle is an abandoned vehicle described by subdivision 2 of section 1224 of the vehicle and traffic law; and

(b) Within 72 hours of the department making such identification or receiving such report, remove or cause to be removed such vehicle from such street, provided that such vehicle is an abandoned vehicle described by subdivision 2 of section 1224 of the vehicle and traffic law and the vehicle identification number of such vehicle is not ascertainable by such department.

§ 2. This local law takes effect on the same date as a local law amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to the removal of derelict vehicles, as proposed in introduction number 3 for the year 2024, takes effect.

 

 

 

Session 13

MBB
LS #8879/12783/12791

6/18/25, 5:10pm

 

Session 12

ARP/EH

LS #8879/12783/12791

6/6/23