{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-24-516","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 24-516","heading":"§ 24-516 Newtown creek sewers.","body":"All sewers emptying directly or indirectly into Newtown creek shall be closed and may be used only as tributaries to other sewers not emptying directly or indirectly into such creek; except that whenever, by reason of heavy rainfall or snow, the sewage and drainage emptying into the sewer in Johnson avenue, borough of Brooklyn, shall be more than such sewer or its extension will carry to the East river, the excess may be discharged into Newtown creek.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 24","Chapter 5: Drainage and Sewer Control"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"44e273f930b6113c977b9be4d77571e1d0e6e3e394a6458b69eb19fef1bdf89b","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-24-515","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-24-517"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}