Int. No. 960
By Council Member Constantinides
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation air quality monitoring at designated "heavy use" thoroughfares.
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 24-108 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
(g) (1) For purposes of this subdivision the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(i) "Heavy use thoroughfare" means any highway, roadway or other traffic corridor that has traffic volume greater than the fiftieth percentile of the average New York city roadway corridors or have traffic in excess of 100,000 vehicles on an annual basis. Designation of heavy use thoroughfares shall be based upon verifiable usage and traffic volume data obtained from transportation planning agencies including, but not limited to, the New York metropolitan transportation council, the New York city department of transportation and the New York state department of transportation.
(ii) "Recreational area" means any park, playground, ball field and school playground that abuts a heavy use thoroughfare.
(iii) "Regulated air contaminant" means oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or any other air contaminant for which a national ambient air quality standard has been promulgated; or any air contaminant that is regulated under section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended.
(iv) "At risk populations" means infants and children sixteen years of age or younger, pregnant women, adults sixty years of age or older, and persons with weakened immune systems.
(2) The department shall, no later than December thirtieth, two thousand eighteen, designate heavy use thoroughfares in every borough.
(3) The department shall install street ...
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