File #: Int 1379-2025    Version: * Name: Ending fluoridation of the municipal water supply.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
On agenda: 9/10/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to ending fluoridation of the municipal water supply
Sponsors: James F. Gennaro
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would prohibit the fluoridation of the municipal water supply and would direct the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a program to provide free fluoride supplements to individuals who request them.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1379, 2. Int. No. 1379, 3. September 10, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1379

 

By Council Member Gennaro

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to ending fluoridation of the municipal water supply

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-199.29 to read as follows:

§ 17-199.29 Fluoridation of municipal water supply. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term "municipal water supply" means all drinking water for human consumption within pipes, mains, and structures owned or maintained by the city.

b. No fluoride compound shall be added to the municipal water supply.

c. Prior to implementation of subdivision b of this section, the department shall take all actions required by subdivision 3 of section 1100-a of the public health law.

d. The department shall establish a program to provide fluoride supplements at no cost to individuals who request them.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law.

 

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03/04/2025