In accordance with Section VIII of the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permits for the 14 New York City municipal wastewater treatment plants the New York City Department of Environmental Protection reports annually on its ongoing program related to the Best Management Practices
The Annual Report provides an update on the NYC Green Infrastructure Program including all of the achievements and advancements through 2023 and outlines what is in store for 2024.
The report evaluates the City’s storm operations, interagency coordination,
public communications, community preparedness, and long-term projects and plans to manage
stormwater.
This report provides an update of the specific information required by Section 24-530.b of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, entitled Southeast Queens Flood Mitigation Plan (enacted by Local Law 56 of 2017). The initial report was submitted on March 20, 2018.
This report provides specific information as required by Section 24-343.1.d of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, entitled Backflow Prevention Device Reporting (enacted by Local Law 58 of 2019).
This report details the number of idling violations issued by the Department of Environmental Protection as well as the number of citizen complaint filings and the civil penalties imposed for each enforcement action.
This report details the number of noise inspections, with a focus on the number of noise complaints received by the Department of Environmental Protection after-hours, the response time to those complaints and the number of summonses issued.
This coloring book was developed in partnership by the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection through the NYC Department of Design and Construction’s Town+Gown program.
Around the country, policymakers and environmental advocates have been lobbying and pursing legislation that allows jurisdictions to address excessive stormwater through the enactment of stormwater fees. IBO examined the fiscal impact of a potential stormwater fee in New York City.