NYC Council Introduction 1279

intro.nyc/1279-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Allowing supplemental sanitation service providers to place refuse or recycling next to any public litter basket.
Status: Committee Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Sponsored by Diana I. Ayala
Introduced: May 28, 2025

This bill would delay until August 1, 2028, the effective date of rules adopted by the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) which prohibit a supplemental sanitation service provider from placing refuse or recycling next to or against any public litter basket and which require that material placed out for collection by the Department by a supplemental sanitation service provider be in rigid receptacles with tight fitting lids.