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New York City’s curbside composting program is coming to all five boroughs before the end of 2024. Mandatory curbside composting recently started in Brooklyn with collections on Oct. 2. The service will be automatic, guaranteed, free, and year-round.
With these new rules, 70% of the city’s trash is headed into containers.
Mayor Adams and DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch recently announced a new front in the administration’s war on rats. They’re launching a plan to containerize waste at approximately 95 percent of residential properties across the five boroughs. The new residential garbage containerization rule will cover all 765,000 NYC buildings with nine or fewer units, continuing the Adams administration’s work to move towards containerization of all waste citywide.
In November 2021, New York City enacted Local Law 126 of 2021, which requires periodic inspections of NYC parking structures. At the same time, the legislation added to the NYC Administrative Code required periodic observation or inspection of building parapets. DOB recently adopted the final rules regarding parapet inspections with an effective date of Sept. 28, 2023.
New York State is joining a handful of other states that have enacted flood disclosure laws for renters to ensure they are made aware of potential flood risks to apartments before it’s too late. As climate change increases the frequency and severity of disasters, lawmakers hope to provide renters with more transparency before they sign a lease and have them made aware of flood insurance available to renters.
The legislation responds to the risks related to e-bikes and lithium-ion batteries.
Although e-bikes and e-scooters are an affordable and convenient alternative to cars, the fires caused by the batteries that power such micromobility devices are a significant problem in New York City. The lithium-ion batteries commonly found in these devices can malfunction and cause extremely dangerous fires that are difficult to contain and extinguish.
New York City’s population of older adults, which currently represents 20 percent of the city’s entire population, will grow as the Baby Boomer generation ages. A 2021 CUNY Graduate Center study reports that the population of adults ages 65 and older in New York State will increase 25 percent between 2021 and 2040, compared to just 3 percent growth in the general population. And in New York City alone, the number of older adults is expected to jump 40 percent by 2040, especially as New Yorkers are living longer.
In our November 2022 issue, we covered new trash rules proposed by the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) governing the time for placing solid waste and recyclable materials at the curb for collection. On Nov. 19, DSNY held a public hearing on the proposed rules. Since then, DSNY recently released the Notice of Adoption for the final rules. The rules will go into effect on April 1, 2023.
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