S 10499 NY
Prohibits city agencies from procuring single-use water containers
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Summary
This New York City bill prohibits city agencies from entering into or renewing contracts to purchase single-use plastic water containers, defined as sealed plastic containers under one gallon that contain flat, unflavored drinking water intended for single use. The prohibition also applies to meals or refreshments that include single-use plastic water containers. The bill includes exceptions for purchases necessary to protect health, safety, and welfare, emergency preparedness or response, and when compliance would conflict with existing or previously solicited contract or labor agreements. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Prohibits city agencies of the city of New York from procuring single-use water containers.
Sponsor (1)
- Erik Bottcher Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO CITIES 1 · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10499 Summary: BILL NO S10499   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR BOTTCHER   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Add Title 6 Chap 3 Subchap 9 §6-319, NYC Ad Cd   Prohibits city agencies of the city of New York from procuring single-use water containers.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10499
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting city agencies from procuring single-use water containers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 6 of the administrative code of the city 2 of New York is amended by adding a new subchapter 9 to read as follows: 3 SUBCHAPTER 9 4 SINGLE-USE WATER CONTAINERS 5 § 6-319 Single-use plastic water containers. a. Definition. For the 6 purposes of this section, the term "single-use plastic water container" 7 means any sealed plastic container with a volume of less than one gallon 8 that contains flat, unflavored drinking water and is generally recog- 9 nized by the public as an item to be discarded after one use. 10 b. No agency shall enter into or renew any contract for the purchase 11 of single-use plastic water containers or meals or refreshments that 12 include single-use plastic water containers, except as provided in 13 subdivision c of this section. 14 c. The provisions of subdivision b of this section shall not apply to 15 contracts for the purchase of single-use plastic water containers or 16 meals or refreshments that include single-use plastic water containers 17 under the following circumstances: 18 (i) when necessary to protect health, safety, and welfare; 19 (ii) to prepare for or respond to an emergency; or 20 (iii) when compliance with this section would conflict with contract 21 requirements or labor agreements in existence as of the effective date 22 of this section or agreements solicited before the effective date of 23 this section. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15904-01-6
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