The New York City Council - File #: Int 0656-2018

• File #: Int 0656-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Rat Mitigation Package - Unlawful dumping and the improper placement of discarded material.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 3/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
• On agenda: 3/7/2018
• Final action: 7/29/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to unlawful dumping and the improper placement of discarded material
• Sponsors: I. Daneek Miller, Robert F. Holden, Kalman Yeger , Joseph C. Borelli

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/31/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
7/29/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
6/28/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
6/28/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
6/26/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Hearing Held by Committee
6/26/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Amendment Proposed by Comm
6/26/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Amended by Committee
6/26/2018	A	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Approved by Committee	Pass
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
3/6/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Hearing Held by Committee
3/6/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Laid Over by Committee

Int. No. 656-A

By Council Members Miller, Holden, Yeger and Borelli

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to unlawful dumping and the improper placement of discarded material
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Subdivisions a and b of section 16-119 of the administrative code of the city of New York, subdivision a as amended by local law number 4 for the year 2010 and subdivision b as amended by local law number 29 for the year 1995, are amended to read as follows:
a. It shall be unlawful for any person, his or her agent, employee or any person under his or her control to suffer or permit any amount of dirt, sand, gravel, clay, loam, stone, rocks, rubble, building rubbish, sawdust, shavings or trade or household waste, refuse, ashes, manure, garbage, rubbish or debris of any sort or any other organic or inorganic material or thing or other offensive matter being transported in a dump truck or other vehicle to be dumped, deposited or otherwise disposed of in or upon any sidewalk, street, lot, park, public place, wharf, pier, dock, bulkhead, slip, navigable waterway or other area whether publicly or privately owned.
b. Any person who violates the provisions of this section while engaged in commercial activities shall be liable to arrest and upon conviction thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of [not less than one thousand five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars] $4,000 for the first offense and $9,000 for any subsequent offense or by imprisonment not to exceed [ninety] 90 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
? 2. Paragraph (1) of subdivision c of section 16-119 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as designated by chapter 500 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
(1) Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision a of this section shall also be liable ...