Chair Sanchez outlines the six bills on today's agenda
Sanchez summarizes the purpose of the hearing: six bills including Intro 75 (sidewalk cleanliness enforcement), Intro 353 (commercial waste zone working group), Intro 356 (community composters charging/selling), Intro 367 (commercial waste at city transfer stations), Intro 369 (organic waste composting facilities per borough), and Intro 911A (Staten Island CWZ awardees and implementation delay).
So, the purpose of today's hearing is to hear six bills, five of which are sponsored by Councilmember Sandy Nurse.
Intro number 75 would amend the Department of Sanitation's enforcement routing program to allow for businesses to receive fines for sidewalk cleanliness violations during their hours of operations, or between the hours of 8 a.m.
And 7 p.m.
Intro number 353 would establish a commercial waste zone working group.
Intro number 356 would require DSNY to adopt rules allowing community composters to charge the public for organic waste collection at drop-off sites.
community composters to sell compost generated from drop-off sites to the public.
Intro number 367 would require DSNY 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.
And intro number 369 would require DSNY to establish one or more organic waste composting facilities in each borough.
We will also be hearing intro 911A, sponsored by Councilmember David Carr, which would require DSNY to enter into agreements with six commercial waste haulers for the borough of Staten Island.
And delay implementation of the Staten Island commercial waste zone until February 1st, 2028.
I will now turn it over to Councilmember Carr to provide a statement on his bill.