N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2026/004: L.L. 2026/004

Enactment date: 1/3/2026

Int. No. 1002-A

By Council Members Marmorato, Paladino, Ariola, Menin, Holden, Zhuang, Restler, Schulman, Narcisse, Hanks, Louis, Feliz, Hudson, Gutiérrez, Gennaro, Carr, Vernikov and Morano

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring all schools to stock airway clearance devices, and to repeal section two of such local law upon the expiration thereof

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 2. Reporting on airway clearance devices.

a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Airway clearance device. The term “airway clearance device” means a medical device that has been registered as a class II acute upper airway obstruction device with the United States food and drug administration.

Chancellor. The term “chancellor” means the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York.

School building. The term “school building” means any facility that is leased by the department of education or over which the department of education has care, custody, and control, and in which there is a school of the city school district of the city of New York.

b. No later than November 30 of the year after airway clearance devices are stocked pursuant to section 1 of this local law and annually thereafter, the chancellor shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a report that shall include, for the prior school year:

1. The number of airway clearance devices available for use in each school building; and

2. The number of instances that an airway clearance device was used during a choking emergency, disaggregated by school building.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately and section two of this local law expires and is deemed repealed 5 years after the first report pursuant to subdivision b is submitted to the mayor and the speaker of the council.