Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

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

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0:12 Hear me. Good morning. Goo

0:12 dmorning. Welcome to the New

0:13 York City Council committee

0:15 vote on the committee on

0:16 sanitation and solid waste

0:17 management at this time

0:19 ,please. Sounds electronics and

0:20 do not approach the days.

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

1:12 number 3 55 a thank you. Good

1:15 morning, william martin,

1:16 committee clerk roll call vote

1:18 committee on sanitation and

1:19 solid waste management

1:21 proposing introduction 3 5 5 a

1:23 chair, sun chips high. Hanif.

1:29 I, um I wang Hankerson I

1:41 Maloney santos! Whoa! Stone

1:44 . I thank you, councilmember?

1:51 Thomas Henry vernick. Aww, I

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

2:01 request to the chair wrong,

2:17 councilmember Maloney, I vote,

2:19 I voted is currently at seven

2:21 I'm it's right. Go on. You

4:40 know, a roll call video

4:42 sanitation Council Member

4:43 Thomas Henry

4:43 . I thank you, voters now

4:45 from her Council Member.

6:16 Thank

6:17 . You final vote is now nin

6:18 ein the affirmative, zero on

6:19 the negative abstentions is a

6:23 full committee

6:24 . Thank you and without the

6:26 many on sanity decisions,

6:28 always management is