Section 17-1203. Reduction of pesticide use

a. Effective six months after
  the enactment of the local law that added this section, no  city  agency
  or  contractor  shall  apply to any property owned or leased by the city
  any pesticide classified as Toxicity Category I  by  the  United  States
  environmental  protection  agency as of April 1, 2005, provided that for
  any pesticide classified as Toxicity Category I  by  the  United  States
  environmental  protection  agency after April 1, 2005, no such agency or
  contractor shall apply such pesticide after six  months  of  its  having
  been  so  classified,  except  as  provided  for  in sections 17-1205 or
  17-1206 of this chapter.
    b. Effective twelve months after the enactment of the local  law  that
  added  this  section,  no  city  agency or contractor shall apply to any
  property owned or leased by the city any pesticide classified as a human
  carcinogen,  likely  to  be  carcinogenic  to  humans,  a   known/likely
  carcinogen,  a probable human carcinogen, or a possible human carcinogen
  by the office of pesticide programs of the United  States  environmental
  protection  agency  as  of  April  1,  2005,  except  as provided for in
  sections 17-1205 or 17-1206 of this chapter.
    c. Effective eighteen months after enactment of  the  local  law  that
  added  this  section,  no  city  agency or contractor shall apply to any
  property owned or leased by the city any  pesticide  classified  by  the
  California  office  of  environmental  health  hazard  assessment  as  a
  developmental toxin as of April 1,  2005,  except  as  provided  for  in
  sections 17-1205 or 17-1206 of this chapter.
    d.  On  February  1,  2007,  and  every  February  1  thereafter,  the
  department shall submit to the City Council  a  report  listing  changes
  made  to the list of pesticides classified as a human carcinogen, likely
  to be carcinogenic to humans,  a  known/likely  carcinogen,  a  probable
  human  carcinogen,  or  a  possible  human  carcinogen  by the office of
  pesticide programs of the United States environmental protection  agency
  and  the  list  of  pesticides classified as developmental toxins by the
  California office of environmental health hazard assessment after  April
  1,  2005.   Such reports shall also include, for each pesticide added to
  or removed from such classifications, whether and to  what  extent  such
  pesticide  is  used  by  city agencies or contractors in the city of New
  York.