File #: Int 0367-2026    Version: * Name: 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.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to 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
Sponsors: Sandy Nurse, Alexa Avilés, Farah N. Louis, Althea V. Stevens, Rita C. Joseph, Justin E. Sanchez, Gale A. Brewer, Crystal Hudson, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Shahana K. Hanif, Sandra Ung, Amanda C. Farías, (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 12
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.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 367, 2. Int. No. 367, 3. January 29, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-29-26

Int. No. 367

 

By Council Members Nurse, Louis, Stevens, Joseph, J. Sanchez, Brewer, Hudson, Brooks-Powers, Hanif, Ung and Farías (by request of the Queens Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to 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

 

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.

 

 

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LS # 590, 8156

Int. #0055-2024

1/6/2026 12:47 PM