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Meeting Name: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/1/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall
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T2024-1705 *   Oversight - Street CleanlinessOversight    Not available Not available
Int 0003-2024 *Shaun Abreu  Removal of abandoned or derelict vehicles.IntroductionThis 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.   Not available Not available
Int 0043-2024 *Robert F. Holden  Requiring that all public waste receptacles be emptied by the department of sanitation at least once per day.IntroductionThis bill would require DSNY to empty all public waste receptacles at least once per day, except on days when DSNY has suspended or delayed garbage or recycling collection.   Not available Not available
Int 0052-2024 *Francisco P. Moya  Street cleanliness grading system.IntroductionThis bill would require an agency or office designated by the Mayor to divide each Sanitation District into three or more subdivisions, to be referred to as Sanitation Sections, and inspect and assign a cleanliness grade to a sample of streets within each Sanitation Section at least twice per month. The bill also would require the agency to post on its website, on a quarterly basis, a cleanliness grade for each inspected sample of streets, a description of any factors observed that contributed to such grade, a list of streets included in such sample, and a cleanliness grade for the sample’s larger corresponding Sanitation Section and Sanitation District. Additionally, the bill would require the agency to re-inspect low-graded samples and to publish an updated cleanliness grade. The bill would also require the agency to use cleanliness grades to inform where to direct its resources.   Not available Not available
Int 0102-2024 *Kalman Yeger   Requiring that notices of violation issued by the department of sanitation be accompanied by a photograph of the alleged violation.IntroductionThis bill would require that notices of violation issued by the Department of Sanitation be accompanied by at least one time- and date-stamped photograph of the alleged violation, and an affidavit from the issuing agent containing the date, time and precise location where the photograph was taken, and the name of the individual who took the photograph.   Not available Not available
Int 0281-2024 *Julie Menin  Requiring the department of sanitation to install and fill dog waste bag dispensers on public litter baskets.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Sanitation to install and regularly fill dog waste bag dispensers on or next to all public litter baskets on city streets. This bill would also require the Department of Sanitation to work with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a public awareness campaign to educate the public on the negative public health consequences associated with dog waste.   Not available Not available
Int 0736-2024 *Shaun Abreu  Establish a rat contraceptive pilot program.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of Sanitation, to establish a pilot program to deploy rat contraceptives and report to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council on the outcomes of the program. The pilot program would require the monthly inspection of the pilot program areas and pilot comparison areas for signs of rats for 6 months before the application of rat contraceptives, and then the monthly inspection of such areas for the 12 month period during the application of the rat contraceptive.   Not available Not available
Res 0174-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Amend the Environmental Conservation Law, in relation to returnable bottles (S.237-B)Resolution    Not available Not available