Requires municipal corporations to reimburse residents in whole or in part for justifiable maintenance, such as snow removal and the removal of debris, of publicly owned areas.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8873
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring
municipal corporations to reimburse residents for the justifiable
maintenance of publicly owned areas
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
2 section 137 to read as follows:
3 § 137. Justifiable maintenance of publicly owned areas. Every munici-
4 pal corporation located within the state shall establish a reimbursement
5 program for resident maintenance expenses associated with publicly owned
6 sidewalks, curbs and adjacent landscaped areas. For purposes of this
7 section, maintenance shall include snow removal, the removal of debris
8 and any other upkeep deemed justifiable maintenance by the municipal
9 corporation. A comprehensive list of such justifiable maintenance shall
10 be provided to each resident. Each municipal corporation shall establish
11 a mechanism for residents to provide documentation of justifiable main-
12 tenance expenses. After such documentation is received, the municipal
13 corporation shall reimburse such residents in whole or in part for all
14 established justifiable maintenance.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
16 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11985-01-5
