Int. No. 467
By Council Member Dromm
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requests for trees
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 18 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 18-106.1 to read as follows:
? 18-106.1 Report on requests for trees. a. By no later than December 1 of each year, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the council, and publicly post on its website, a report on requests to have trees planted on streets which were received by the department during the previous fiscal year. Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
1. The number of such requests, disaggregated by whether the site requested was an existing empty tree bed or a paved sidewalk;
2. The number of trees planted during the previous fiscal year in response to such requests;
3. The number of such requests, which were not approved, disaggregated by the reason for such non-approval;
4. An analysis of whether any requests which were not approved, could be approved for a different type of tree; and
5. The number of existing empty tree beds.
b. Such report shall also include recommendations for increasing the number of trees planted in response to requests for street trees.
? 2. Title 23 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 9 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 9
DASHBOARDS
? 23-901 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
Dashboard. The term "dashboard" means a data visualization tool publicly available on the internet that includes a customizable interface and uses current data from one or more sources.
Department. The term "department" means the department of information technology and telecommunications or any successor agency.
? 23-902 Reque...
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