File #: Int 0435-2018    Version: * Name: Requiring that all public waste receptacles be emptied by the dept of sanitation at least once per day.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
On agenda: 2/14/2018
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring that all public waste receptacles be emptied by the department of sanitation at least once per day
Sponsors: Robert F. Holden, Kalman Yeger
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require that DSNY empty all public waste receptacles at least once per day, except on days when the department has suspended or delayed garbage or recycling collection.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 435, 2. Int. No. 435, 3. February 14, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 02-14-2018, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 14, 2018

Int. No. 435

 

By Council Members Holden and Yeger

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring that all public waste receptacles be emptied by the department of sanitation at least once per day

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-143 to read as follows:

§ 16-143  Emptying public waste receptacles.  Any basket, container or receptacle placed  in  a  public  place  by  the  department  or  its authorized  agent  for  the  public  disposal  of  litter shall be emptied by the department at least once per day, except on days when the department has suspended or delayed garbage or recycling collection. 

§ 2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment. 

LS# 184/Int. 52/2014

CH/NKA

12/4/2017

LS 314