Chair Schulman outlines eight bills under consideration
Schulman lists the eight pieces of legislation being heard, including bills on a Legionnaires hotline, testing sites, education and outreach, cooling tower cleaning, post-cluster analyses, a public database, annual compliance review, and shower hoses for tenants.
This Council remains deeply committed to strengthening our laws and protecting New Yorkers from the threat of Legionnaire's disease.
Today, the committee is considering eight pieces of legislation which all aim to stop the spread of Legionnaire's disease and keep New Yorkers as informed and as healthy as possible when an outbreak occurs.
I want to thank each sponsor for putting forward these proposals and for their commitment to this issue.
Before I talk about the bills, I want to mention that we've
I'm joined today by Councilmember Salam, Epstein, Wong, Felder, Farias, Maloney, Wilson, Aldebal, Narcisse, and Murano on Zoom.
These bills include...
Introduction 1016 sponsored by myself, which would establish a dedicated DOHMH Legionnaires disease hotline
for the public to request information about Legionnaires disease outbreaks in New York City, as well as to provide hotline users with referrals to resources and medical services.
Introduction 999 by Councilmember Epstein in relation to establishing temporary
Legionnaires disease testing sites and a digital map of testing sites.
Introductions 1005 and 1006 by Councilmember Maloney in relation to education and outreach on Legionnaires disease and cleaning requirements for cooling towers.
Introductions by Councilmember Thomas Henry in relation to post cluster analyses of cooling towers associated with Legionnaires disease and establishing a public database of locations impacted by Legionella.
An introduction by Councilmember Hanks in relation to an annual cooling tower compliance review and increased enforcement.
An introduction 181 by Councilmember Farias in relation to requiring building owners to provide shower hoses and informational materials on Legionnaires disease to tenants.
I look forward to hearing from the administration, receiving thorough responses to the committee's questions, and discussing the proposed legislation.
I want to thank
Commissioner Martin and Deputy Commissioners Howard and Schiff for being here.
Thank you again to Speaker Menon for being here today and for your leadership.