Thursday, April 16, 2026, 10 a.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 355-A, sponsored by Council Member Sandy Nurse, which would designate organic waste as a recyclable material for City agencies and require the Department of Sanitation to establish rules governing source separation of organic waste generated by City agencies and in the preparation and service of meals. The committee had previously heard the bill at an April 6, 2026 hearing with testimony from the Department of Sanitation and members of the public. The committee clerk conducted a roll call vote, and the item was adopted with a final tally read as nine in the affirmative, zero in the negative, and no abstentions, with the roll held open at the chair's request.
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0:16 sanitation and solid waste
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0:21 Chair. He be again. Good
0:25 morning, everyone and welcome
0:26 to today's hearing hosted by
0:27 the committee on sanitatio
0:28 nand solid waste management.
0:32 The purpose of this hearing
0:32 is to hold a vote on
0:33 introduction number 3 55,
0:35 asponsored by Council Member
0:37 Sandy Nurse, the committee
0:38 previously heard introduction
0:39 number 3 55 at a hearing on
0:43 April 6 2026 were received
0:44 testimony from representatives
0:45 of the department of
0:46 sanitation and interested
0:47 members of the public.
0:50 Introduction number 355, a
0:52 would designate organic waste
0:53 as a recyclable material for
0:55 City agencies and required an
0:58 would require the department
1:00 of sanitation to establish
1:01 rules governing the source
1:02 separation of organic waste
1:03 that is generated by City
1:05 agencies and the preparation
1:06 and service of meals. I will
1:09 now turn it over to the clerk
1:10 to take the vote on insurance
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1:16 committee clerk roll call vote
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1:55 with a vote of six in the
1:55 affirmative. Zero the negative
1:57 end abstentions item has been
1:58 adopted by the committee and
1:59 the role will be held open at
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4:42 sanitation Council Member
4:43 Thomas Henry
4:43 . I thank you, voters now
4:45 from her Council Member.
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6:18 ein the affirmative, zero on
6:19 the negative abstentions is a
6:23 full committee
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