§ 17-1203 Reduction of pesticide use.
AC § 17-1203
a. Effective six months after the enactment of the local law that added this section, no city agency or contractor shall apply to any property owned or leased by the city any pesticide classified as Toxicity Category I by the United States environmental protection agency as of April 1, 2005, provided that for any pesticide classified as Toxicity Category I by the United States environmental protection agency after April 1, 2005, no such agency or contractor shall apply such pesticide after six months of its having been so classified, except as provided for in sections 17-1205 or 17-1206 of this chapter. b. Except as provided for in sections 17-1205 or 17-1206 of this chapter, no city agency or contractor shall apply to any property owned or leased by the city: 1. any pesticide classified as a human carcinogen, likely to be carcinogenic to humans, a known/likely carcinogen, a probable human carcinogen, or a possible human carcinogen by the office of pesticide programs of the United States environmental protection agency as of April 1, 2005; 2. any pesticide classified as a human carcinogen, likely to be carcinogenic to humans, a known/likely carcinogen, a probable human carcinogen, or a possible human carcinogen by the office of pesticides programs of the United States environmental protection agency as of the effective date of this clause. c. Except as provided for in sections 17-1205 or 17-1206 of this chapter, no city agency or contractor shall apply to any property owned or leased by the city: 1. any pesticide classified by the California office of environmental health hazard assessment as a developmental toxin as of April 1, 2005; 2. any pesticide classified by the California office of environmental health hazard assessment as a developmental toxin as of the effective date of this clause; or 3. any pesticide containing active ingredients listed as known, probably or possibly carcinogenic to humans by the international agency for research on cancer of the world health organization as of the effective date of this clause. d. Effective eighteen months after the enactment of the local law that added this subdivision, no city agency, contractor or any person acting under the direction of such city agency or contractor shall apply to any playground, or park or other property under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation any pesticide other than a biological pesticide except as provided for in sections 17-1205 and 17-1206 of this chapter. e. The commissioner may promulgate regulations designating additional pesticides that pose risks to the public health similar to those posed by the pesticides regulated under this section, and providing that the use of such additional pesticides by city agencies and their contractors shall be subject to limitations set forth in such regulations. f. On June 1, 2022, and every June 1 thereafter, the department shall submit to the City Council a report listing changes made to the lists of pesticides named in subdivisions b and c since the date of the last report submitted pursuant to this section. Such reports shall also include, for each pesticide added to or removed from such classifications, whether and to what extent such pesticide is used by city agencies or contractors in the city of New York, as well as any efforts city agencies have undertaken to reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides pursuant to paragraphs 11, 12, 13 and 14 in section 17-1205. (Am. L.L. 2021/056, 5/23/2021, eff. 5/23/2021) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/056.
