Details Meeting Name: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/12/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (15) 15 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2023-3927 *       Oversight - DSNY’s Initiatives to Address Street Cleanliness. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2023-3927 *       Oversight - DSNY’s Initiatives to Address Street Cleanliness. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0413-2022 * Sandy Nurse     Establishing a tracking system concerning the disposal of yellow and brown grease. Introduction This bill would require the Business Integrity Commission (BIC) establish a tracking system that requires transporters of yellow and brown grease to report to the BIC how such grease is disposed. This bill would also establish a civil penalty for any person, required to document and track the collection, transportation and disposal of yellow and brown grease, who fails to comply with such requirement. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0413-2022 * Sandy Nurse     Establishing a tracking system concerning the disposal of yellow and brown grease. Introduction This bill would require the Business Integrity Commission (BIC) establish a tracking system that requires transporters of yellow and brown grease to report to the BIC how such grease is disposed. This bill would also establish a civil penalty for any person, required to document and track the collection, transportation and disposal of yellow and brown grease, who fails to comply with such requirement. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0769-2022 * Francisco P. Moya     Resources for cleanup and enforcement of dumping. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to prepare a report detailing the resources it needs for a dumping enforcement program and the resources that it currently has for litter pick-up and dumping prevention. Such report would include information on what resources DSNY needs to install surveillance cameras in locations where dumping is most prevalent. DSNY will submit the report to the Mayor and Speaker of the City Council and make the information publicly available. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0769-2022 * Francisco P. Moya     Resources for cleanup and enforcement of dumping. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to prepare a report detailing the resources it needs for a dumping enforcement program and the resources that it currently has for litter pick-up and dumping prevention. Such report would include information on what resources DSNY needs to install surveillance cameras in locations where dumping is most prevalent. DSNY will submit the report to the Mayor and Speaker of the City Council and make the information publicly available. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0809-2022 * Sandra Ung     Increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations. Introduction This bill would set a civil penalty against commercial, manufacturing or industrial buildings for violations of Admin. Code § 16-118(2)(a) (sidewalk littering and obstruction) of $200 for the first violation, $400 for the second violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period, and $600 for the third and each subsequent violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0809-2022 * Sandra Ung     Increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations. Introduction This bill would set a civil penalty against commercial, manufacturing or industrial buildings for violations of Admin. Code § 16-118(2)(a) (sidewalk littering and obstruction) of $200 for the first violation, $400 for the second violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period, and $600 for the third and each subsequent violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0861-2022 * Sandy Nurse     Emergency and resiliency plans of the department of sanitation. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Sanitation maintain a separate page on the City’s website where it makes available all of its plans relating to emergencies and resiliency, including provision of services during emergencies, provision of services prior to anticipated flooding events in flood-prone areas, and designing new critical facilities for climate resiliency and retrofitting existing facilities to increase resiliency. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0861-2022 * Sandy Nurse     Emergency and resiliency plans of the department of sanitation. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Sanitation maintain a separate page on the City’s website where it makes available all of its plans relating to emergencies and resiliency, including provision of services during emergencies, provision of services prior to anticipated flooding events in flood-prone areas, and designing new critical facilities for climate resiliency and retrofitting existing facilities to increase resiliency. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0981-2023 * Erik D. Bottcher     Expanding the commercial citywide routing system for sidewalk cleanliness violations and technical amendments thereto, including to repeal and reenact subdivision c of section 16-118.1. Introduction This bill 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 operation, provided that the business’s hours are posted in plain view and the business is generally open to the public. Other commercial premises will be liable to receive fines for littering between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0981-2023 * Erik D. Bottcher     Expanding the commercial citywide routing system for sidewalk cleanliness violations and technical amendments thereto, including to repeal and reenact subdivision c of section 16-118.1. Introduction This bill 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 operation, provided that the business’s hours are posted in plain view and the business is generally open to the public. Other commercial premises will be liable to receive fines for littering between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1032-2023 * Shaun Abreu     Removal of abandoned or derelict vehicles. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) remove, cause to be removed, or refer for removal abandoned vehicles within 72 hours after DSNY becomes aware of the vehicle. DSNY would also be specifically responsible for the removal within 72 hours of particular abandoned vehicles that do not have license plates and have a wholesale value of $1250 or less. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1032-2023 * Shaun Abreu     Removal of abandoned or derelict vehicles. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) remove, cause to be removed, or refer for removal abandoned vehicles within 72 hours after DSNY becomes aware of the vehicle. DSNY would also be specifically responsible for the removal within 72 hours of particular abandoned vehicles that do not have license plates and have a wholesale value of $1250 or less. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available