The New York City Council - File #: Int 0414-2022

• File #: Int 0414-2022
• Version: A
• Name: Rat mitigation progress in rat mitigation zones.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
• On agenda: 5/19/2022
• Enactment date: 11/18/2022
• Law number: 2022/108
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to rat mitigation progress in rat mitigation zones
• Sponsors: Chi A. Ossé, Sandy Nurse, Erik D. Bottcher, Julie Menin, Amanda Farías, Nantasha M. Williams, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Alexa Avilés, Shahana K. Hanif, Gale A. Brewer, Tiffany Cabán, Crystal Hudson, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Eric Dinowitz, Farah N. Louis, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Lynn C. Schulman, Sandra Ung, Charles Barron, Kevin C. Riley, Shekar Krishnan, Mercedes Narcisse, Linda Lee, Justin L. Brannan, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Francisco P. Moya, Diana I. Ayala, Shaun Abreu, Lincoln Restler, Christopher Marte, Keith Powers , James F. Gennaro, Rita C. Joseph, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Robert F. Holden, Kamillah Hanks, Julie Won, Marjorie Velázquez, Ari Kagan, Darlene Mealy, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Inna Vernikov, (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)
• Council Member Sponsors: 42
• Summary: The bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue an annual report on the success of rat mitigation measures in rat mitigation zones. Additionally, the Department would report on current and planned rat mitigation measures in each such zone, public outreach measures carried out by the Department regarding rat mitigation in each such zone, the creation or elimination of such zones, and changes to rat mitigation measures used in each such zone.
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
11/22/2022	A	Chi A. Ossé	City Council	Recved from Mayor by Council
11/18/2022	A	Chi A. Ossé	Mayor	Signed Into Law by Mayor
11/18/2022	A	Chi A. Ossé	Mayor	Bill Signing Scheduled by Mayor
11/16/2022	A	Chi A. Ossé	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
10/27/2022	A	Chi A. Ossé	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/27/2022	A	Chi A. Ossé	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/26/2022	*	Chi A. Ossé	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Hearing Held by Committee
10/26/2022	*	Chi A. Ossé	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/26/2022	*	Chi A. Ossé	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Amended by Committee
10/26/2022	A	Chi A. Ossé	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Approved by Committee	Pass
6/21/2022	*	Chi A. Ossé	Committee on Public Housing	Laid Over by Committee
6/21/2022	*	Chi A. Ossé	Committee on Public Housing	Hearing Held by Committee
6/21/2022	*	Chi A. Ossé	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Laid Over by Committee
6/21/2022	*	Chi A. Ossé	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Hearing Held by Committee
5/19/2022	*	Chi A. Ossé	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/19/2022	*	Chi A. Ossé	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 414-A

By Council Members Ossé, Nurse, Bottcher, Menin, Farías, Williams, Richardson Jordan, Avilés, Hanif, Brewer, Cabán, Hudson, Gutiérrez, Dinowitz, Louis, Brooks-Powers, Schulman, Ung, Barron, Riley, Krishnan, Narcisse, Lee, Brannan, Sanchez, Moya, Ayala, Abreu, Restler, Marte, Powers, Gennaro, Joseph, De La Rosa, Holden, Hanks, Won, Velázquez, Kagan, Mealy, Salamanca and Vernikov (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to rat mitigation progress in rat mitigation zones

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 17-133.3 to read as follows:

§ 17.133.3 Rat mitigation reporting. a. No later than November 1, 2023, and by November 1 annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and make publicly available online, a report that details rat mitigation efforts in the rat mitigation zones designated by the department pursuant to subdivision a of section 17-133.2.

b. Such report shall include, but not be limited to:

1. The metrics that the department is using to measure the efficacy of rat mitigation in such zones, including a description of whether the department has seen improvement, as measured by such metrics, and, if so, how such improvement has been achieved;

2. An overview of current and planned rat mitigation measures, including goals and specific benchmarks and timelines, in each such zone;

3. A description of the public outreach measures undertaken by the department in relation to rat mitigation in each such zone;

4. Explanations of the creation or elimination of rat mitigation zones, or any change of boundaries of such zone, since the previous report, if applicable; and

5. Explanations of any changes to the rat mitigation measures used in each such zone since the previous report, if applicable.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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