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Int 0055-2024

Requiring the department of sanitation to accept commercial solid waste at city-owned or operated marine transfer stations and city-owned or operated rail transfer stations.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Managementintroduced 2024-02-08

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2024-02-08Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Sanitation to accept and process commercial solid waste at all city-owned or operated marine and rail transfer stations, and to publicly report the amount and type of waste received at such stations on an annual basis.

Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste ManagementDepartment of Sanitation and the Business Integrity Commission.

How it compares

14% of similar bills passed

7 passed · 43 died

This bill: 691 days in committee

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Sponsors (39)

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-02-27 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-02-27 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management · 2024-02-27 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-02-08 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-146 to read as follows: � 16-146 Commercial solid waste to be processed at transfer stations. a. No later than March 1, 2025, the commissioner shall begin accepting and processing commercial solid waste at all city-owned or operated marine transfer stations and city-owned or operated rail transfer stations. b. No later than October 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and make publicly available online, a report on its acceptance and processing of commercial solid waste pursuant to subdivision a of this section. For each such transfer station, such report shall provide information from the previous calendar year, including, at a minimum: (i) the amount of municipal solid waste accepted and processed by each such transfer station; (ii) the amount of solid waste from commercial establishments accepted and processed by each such transfer station; (iii) each such transfer station's maximum solid waste processing capacity and current thru-put rates; (iv) each such transfer station's projected processing capacity available for commercial solid waste in the upcoming calendar year; and (v) a description of any actions the department has taken and plans to take to attract commercial solid waste at such station. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. Session 13 MBB LS # 590, 8156 Int. 493-2022 01/11/2024 Session 12 JSA/MBB LS # 590, 8156 12/06/2023 6:25PM 2