New York A 10294: Enacts the "public leadership for obstructive weather from snow (PLOWS) act"

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A10294 Summary:

BILL NOA10294 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §16-124.1, NYC Ad Cd

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Enacts the "public leadership for obstructive weather from snow (PLOWS) act" which improves coordination between city run agencies for removing snow in response to a snow event.

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02/20/2026referred to cities

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10294

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Cities

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to enacting the "public leadership for obstructive weather
 from snow (PLOWS) act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "public leadership for obstructive weather from snow (PLOWS) act".
 3 § 2. Section 16-124.1 of the administrative code of the city of New
 4 York, as added by local law number 28 of the city of New York for the
 5 year 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 16-124.1 Borough-based snow plowing and removal plans. a. The
 7 following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this
 8 section:
 9 (1) The term "bus shelter" shall mean a location that has a cover or
 10 ceiling and is intended to be used as a shelter for individuals waiting
 11 to board a New York city transit authority vehicle, and shall include
 12 three feet on any open side of such shelter and to the curb on all
 13 portions of the sidewalk covered under this provision.
 14 (2) The term "bus stop" shall mean a location that is not a bus shel-
 15 ter, designated by signage for New York city transit authority vehicles
 16 to pick up or discharge passengers, which location includes five feet of
 17 the sidewalk and the gutter immediately adjacent to the curb for the
 18 portion of such curb.
 19 (3) The term "curb cut" shall have the same meaning as defined in
 20 section 27-480 of the code.
 21 (4) The term "pedestrian median" shall mean a direct path between curb
 22 cuts on a median strip dividing a roadway or, where no curb cuts exist
 23 on such a median strip, the portion of the median strip designed to be
 24 traversed by pedestrians in order to cross the roadway that such median
 25 strip divides.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14793-02-6

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 1 (5) [The term "primary street" shall mean a street that is determined
 2 by the department to be of the first priority for purposes of snow plow-
 3 ing and/or removal.
 4 (6)] The term "snow event" shall mean any snowfall equal to or in
 5 excess of six inches within a period of twenty-four hours in any of the
 6 five boroughs based on the department of sanitation's measurements.
 7 b. Beginning on November fifteenth, 2011, and on every November
 8 fifteenth thereafter, the mayor in consultation with the commissioner,
 9 New York city emergency management, the department of transportation,
 10 the department of education, and any other agency responsible for snow
 11 removal, including private entities contracted with such agencies for
 12 snow removal, shall submit to the council and the commissioner of the
 13 state division of homeland security and emergency services, and make
 14 available to the public on the city's website a snow plowing and removal
 15 plan for each borough that shall include, but not be limited to, the
 16 following:
 17 (1) The address of each department garage and other department facili-
 18 ty within the borough identified by district or section and the number
 19 of uniformed department employees assigned to each such garage or facil-
 20 ity for purposes of addressing snow conditions;
 21 (2) An inventory by district of department-owned snow management
 22 equipment and resources and a city-wide inventory of other city-owned
 23 snow management equipment and resources that could, i