Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 12:15 p.m. (New York City time), 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
The Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management met to vote on Introduction 416-A, sponsored by the chair. The bill would require the Department of Sanitation, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to establish a two-year pilot program by May 1, 2026 to encourage cleanliness and the removal of snow and ice at bus shelters, bike share stations, and public communication structures. Operators would be required to remedy reported dirty or snowy/icy conditions, with DOT enforcement if they do not, and a report on the pilot would be due by November 1, 2028. The committee had previously heard the bill on January 30, 2026. The chair announced the item was adopted by the committee.
0:12 Good. Okay
0:12 , good afternoon and welcome
0:13 to today's New York City
0:14 council vote on the committee
0:15 of sanitation and solid waste
0:17 management at this time no
0:18 01:00 approach the dais,
0:20 please. Songs, electronic
0:21 devices chair you begin.
0:26 Good morning, everyone t
0:27 oadd. Well, good afternoon
0:29 ,everyone and I am very, very,
0:31 very ecstatic to be here today
0:33 hosting today's hearing by the
0:37 committee on sanitation and
0:38 solid waste management. The
0:41 purpose of this hearing is t
0:42 ohold a vote on introduction
0:43 number 4 16 a sponsored by
0:46 myself, the committee
0:48 previously heard intro number
0:50 4 1 6 at.
0:51 A hearing on January 30 2026
0:53 , where it received
0:55 testimonies from
0:55 representatives of the
0:56 department of sanitation and
0:58 was open for testimony from
0:59 interested members of the
1:03 public intro number 4 16
1:04 awould require that by May 1
1:06 2026, that is this the New
1:09 York City department of
1:11 sanitation, transportation and
1:14 information technology and
1:16 telecommunications established
1:16 a two year pilot program to
1:19 encourage cleanliness and
1:19 removal of snow and ice under
1:22 such program in why would be
1:24 required to notify dot or do
1:28 it if we y observes dirty
1:30 conditions or accumulation of
1:31 snow or ice at any bus,
1:33 shelter, bikes, air station or
1:34 public communication structure
1:38 to remedy the conditionsbe
1:42 . In accordance with their
1:43 respective agreement with the
1:44 City and if the operator does
1:47 not remedy that condition or
1:49 do it would be required
1:53 underline required to take the
1:55 relevant enforcement action
1:56 this bill would alsoequi rre
1:57 this emission of your report
1:59 by November 1 2028 on the
2:02 pilot program. I will now turn
2:03 it over to the clerk to take
2:05 the vote on it number 4 16 a
2:09 thank you. William martin
2:10 committee clark roll call vote
2:11 committee on sanitation and
2:13 solid waste management posts
2:14 introduction 406 a chair.
2:19 Nchesaz I Hanif, um, I go, I
2:30 thank you, councilmember on
2:36 . Huang I congratulations,
2:42 Hankerson.
2:42 I want to congratulate my
2:43 colleague who will go to any
2:44 extent to make sure that this
2:49 passes
2:50 . Maloney. I vote, I think
2:52 .santos. Whoa! So hi. Thank you
2:58 . Thomas. Henry I vernick? Aww
2:58 . About thank you,
3:12 councilmember Hanif what
3:13 ?they've all of eight in the
3:14 affirmative, zero in the
3:15 negative and the abstentions
3:16 item has been adopted by the
3:21 committee.
3:21 Thank you, everyone the
3:22 committee is now closed.