Ease Trash Rules for Community Sanitation Groups
Enacted on Jul 31, 2026Signed into law by the Mayor.
Signed into Law
Local Law 2026/060
✦ Plain-Language Summary
Community organizations that help with neighborhood trash pickup (called supplemental sanitation service providers) must follow strict rules about how they store garbage for pickup. This law gives those groups more time and flexibility to meet those rules, as long as they either receive city funding to buy proper trash bins or apply for help by March 2026. The temporary relief lasts until August 2026, giving smaller community cleanup groups a chance to get the right equipment without facing immediate penalties.
Details
- Introduced
- May 28, 2025
- Passed Council
- Jan 29, 2026
- Enacted
- Jan 29, 2026
- Body
- Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
- Type
- Introduction
- Status
- Enacted
Sponsors (7)
Official Description
NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) rules prohibit supplemental sanitation service providers from placing refuse or recycling by public litter baskets, and further require supplemental sanitation service providers to set material out for collection by DSNY in rigid receptacles with tight fitting lids. Until August 30, 2026, this bill would limit such rules so that they apply only to supplemental sanitation service providers that either receive City Council discretionary funds in Fiscal Year 2026 to purchase such receptacles, or if they do not receive such funding, submit an application to DSNY for the siting of a compliant receptacle by March 1, 2026.