The New York City Council - File #: Int 1075-2018

• File #: Int 1075-2018
• Version: A
• Name: City agencies’ organics collection.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 8/8/2018
• In control: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
• On agenda: 8/8/2018
• Final action: 1/20/2019
• Title: A Local Law in relation to an organic waste curbside collection pilot program
• Sponsors: The Public Advocate (Ms. James), Robert F. Holden, Ben Kallos, Stephen T. Levin, Costa G. Constantinides, Helen K. Rosenthal, Carlina Rivera
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/24/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
1/20/2019	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
12/20/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
12/20/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
12/19/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Hearing Held by Committee
12/19/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Amendment Proposed by Comm
12/19/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Amended by Committee
12/19/2018	A	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Approved by Committee	Pass
12/18/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Hearing Held by Committee
12/18/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Amendment Proposed by Comm
12/18/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Laid Over by Committee
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1075-A
By The Public Advocate (Ms. James) and Council Members Holden, Kallos, Levin, Constantinides, Rosenthal and Rivera

Title
A Local Law in relation to an organic waste curbside collection pilot program
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. As used in this law, the following terms have the following meanings:
Commissioner. The term "commissioner" means the commissioner of sanitation.
Department. The term "department" means the department of sanitation.
Institution. The term "institution" means a not-for-profit corporation receiving department collection service.
Organic waste. The term "organic waste" means organic waste as defined in section 16-303 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
Pilot program. The term "pilot program" means a program established pursuant to this law by the commissioner for the curbside collection of organic waste from selected buildings wholly occupied by one or more city agencies and institutional special use buildings.
Special use building. The term "special use building" means any premise or structure during the period in which any such premise or structure is exempt from real estate taxation by the city.
? 2. No later than July 1, 2019, the department shall establish a pilot program, in consultation with the department of citywide administrative services, in no fewer than three boroughs. Such pilot program shall include a total of no fewer than 15 buildings wholly occupied by one or more city agencies. Such 15 buildings shall include no fewer than 10 city-owned buildings containing the administrative offices of one or more city agencies. Such pilot program may also include institutional special use buildings. Such pilot program shall continue through at least June 30, 2021.
? 3. The commissioner shall have the authority, during the duration of the pilot program, to discontinue curbside collection of organic waste to a building wh...