AGENCY TESTIMONY
DEP's perspective on Intro 225: Website for DEP operations information
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The commissioner presents DEP's perspective on Intro 225, which would require a website with schedules and information on DEP operations. He outlines current information-sharing practices and concerns about the proposed legislation.
- DEP currently provides extensive information through NYC Open Data and real-time updates on its website
- The agency publishes annual reports on water quality, sewers, and finances
- The bill is seen as overly broad and potentially impossible to implement as written
- Implementing the bill would require significant cost and additional staff
- DEP is willing to work with the council to narrow the bill's scope and understand specific information needs
Rohit T Aggarwala
0:44:07
Intro 225 would require DEP to establish a website with schedules and other information on a broad range of our operations.
0:44:14
We currently provide a great deal of information both in real time and through NYC Open Data, which includes fully 43 datasets, which DEP provides and updates.
0:44:24
There's a list of those data in the final pages and appendix to this testimony.
0:44:29
We offer real time information on our website on a variety of topics ranging from reservoir levels and the source of water to each part of the city to whether the Newtown Creek gas to grid facility is operational.
0:44:40
In addition to the MMR, We publish annual water reports on water quality, on the state of the sewers, and, of course, on our finances.
0:44:48
The bill is written, is breathtakingly broad, and the information it seems, it seeks what I believe be impossible to convey in the way the bill seems to intend.
0:44:57
Further, Oda requires significant cost and headcount to attempt to do so.
0:45:01
We have several ongoing internal efforts that map our work that could be made public, and we would be happy to work with the council to narrow the bill scope and understand what information is needed for what purpose and by whom.
