Chair Sanchez Explains the Dog Waste Complaint Bill
Chair Sanchez explains that Intro 906-A requires DSNY to dispatch employees within 14 days to evaluate and enforce waste prohibitions after seven or more credible dog waste complaints on the same block within a seven-day period.
The committee previously heard this bill along with others included in the SCOOP Act on a hearing on May 19, 2026, where it received testimony from representatives of the Department of Sanitation and interested members of the public.
Introduction number 906A would require DSNY upon receiving seven or more credible complaints
of dog waste on the same city block within a seven-day period to dispatch employees within 14 days to evaluate the block and enforce, as appropriate, state and local prohibitions against animal waste in public spaces.