Thursday, August 13, 2026, 10 a.m. (New York City time), 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
The Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management held a vote on Introduction 857-A, sponsored by Speaker Julie Menin, which would require the Department of Sanitation to install at least 1,200 dog waste bag dispensers on public litter baskets across the five boroughs, engage local entities to refill them monthly, refill dispensers at least monthly until June 30, 2030 where no entity is engaged, and report to the Speaker by March 1, 2030 on the program's impact on public complaints about dog waste. The committee also voted on Introduction 872-A, sponsored by Council Member Shahana Hanif, requiring the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Commissioner of Sanitation, to conduct an annual public education campaign for three years about dog waste removal, its health risks, and the legal obligation to remove it, with materials in English and all designated citywide languages, plus a report on effectiveness. Both items, previously heard at a hearing where the Department of Sanitation and the public testified, were adopted. The roll was held open for one additional member, and the final vote was 10 in the affirmative with no negative votes or abstentions.
0:10 Thank you good morning and
0:10 welcome to today's New York
0:14 City Council vote for the
0:16 committee on sanitation and
0:18 solid waste management at this
0:20 time please silence all
0:23 electronic devices cheer
0:23 Sanchez we are ready to begin
0:28 good morning everyone and
0:30 welcome to today's hearing by
0:32 the committee on sanitation
0:32 and solid waste waste
0:34 management the purpose of this
0:35 hearing is to hold a vote on
0:38 introduction number 857 a
0:40 sponsored by speaker Julie
0:42 Menin and introduction number
0:44 872 a a by Council Member
0:45 Shahana haneef the committee
0:47 previously heard both of these
0:48 bills at a hearing on
0:50 nineteenth 20 26 where it
0:52 received testimony from
0:54 representatives of the
0:54 department of sanitation and
0:56 interested members of the
0:58 public introduction number 857 n
1:03 would require the department
1:03 of sanitation to install no
1:05 less than a thousand 2 2 waste
1:07 bag dispensers on public
1:09 litter baskets across the fiv
1:10 eboroughs
1:11 . D s n y could engage a local
1:13 entity to volunteer to refill
1:15 any dog wastebasket dispenser
1:16 with bags no less than monthly
1:18 and where no such entity is
1:21 engaged and y would be
1:22 required to fit refill any
1:25 waste bag dog waste bag
1:26 dispenser with bags at least
1:28 once a month until June 20
1:33 June 30 2030 the department
1:33 would also be required by
1:38 March 1 2030 to report to the
1:39 speaker of the council
1:40 regarding the program's impact
1:41 on public complaints about dog
1:43 waste and whether the program
1:44 should be continued
1:46 introduction number 8 72 a by
1:48 Council Member haneef would
1:50 require the commissioner of
1:51 health and mental hygiene in
1:52 consultation with the
1:54 commissioner of sanitation t
1:55 odevelop and conduct an annual
1:58 public education and outreach
1:59 campaign for three years t
2:00 oinform the public about dog
2:02 waste removal the dangers of
2:04 failing to remove dog waste
2:06 health risks associated with
2:07 this vote exposure to dog
2:09 waste and then legal
2:10 obligation to remove dog waste e
2:13 commissioner of health and
2:14 mental hygiene to make any
2:16 materials developed for
2:17 outreach and education in
2:19 available in english and all
2:22 designated citywide languages
2:23 so no one can say they didn't
2:25 know and to submit to a report
2:27 to the speaker of the council
2:29 regarding the effectiveness of
2:30 the education and outreach so
2:32 we will know if it's working I
2:34 will now turn it over to oh I
2:36 will now turn it over to the
2:38 clerk to take the vote on in
2:39 chose 857 a and 8 72 a thank
2:44 you william martin committee
2:45 clerk roll call vote committee
2:47 on sanitation and solid waste
2:48 management both items are
2:50 coupled chair Sanchez I Louis
2:56 haneef I on I huang Hankerson
3:06 hi Maloney I
3:07 . Santos swore so I thank you
3:13 Thomas Henry I Wilson I am
3:18 vernick aww hi
3:26 . Thank you with the vote of
3:27 nine in the affirmative is
3:29 zero in the negative and no
3:30 abstentions both items have
3:31 been adopted by the committee
3:32 and the role will be held open
3:33 the chair I continuation roll
7:56 call committee on sanitation
7:58 Council Member.
7:59 Wang I
8:00 . What is now 10 in the
8:02 affirmative zero on the
8:03 negative no abstentions chair
8:05 Sanchez and with that today's
8:08 committee