Amd §16-120, NYC Ad Cd (as proposed in S.8256 & A.2693-A)
Prohibits the issuance of violations or tickets during certain weekend hours to residential occupants for violations of the sanitation department regulations regarding placing trash or garbage out for collection earlier than allowed under the city routing system designated hours.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9505
IN ASSEMBLY
January 8, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to prohibiting the issuance of tickets to residential occu-
pants for certain violations of the sanitation code
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision c of section 16-120 of the
2 administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a chapter of
3 the laws of 2025 amending the administrative code of the city of New
4 York relating to prohibiting the issuance of tickets to residential
5 occupants for certain violations of the sanitation code, as proposed in
6 legislative bills numbers S. 8256 and A. 2693-A, is amended to read as
7 follows:
8 4. Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision or any rule of
9 the department relating to collection to the contrary, the department
10 shall not issue a notice of violation, appearance ticket or summons to
11 any owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of a residential building or
12 dwelling, nor to a person who manages or controls such a building or
13 dwelling, for a violation of [paragraph (2) of subdivision e of this
14 section occurring between the hours of] this subdivision, or any rule
15 promulgated by the department, related exclusively to the time at which
16 solid waste or recyclable material is set out for collection, provided
17 that such set out occurs after 3:00 p.m. on Friday [and 6:00 p.m. on],
18 within an area of a community district that has Saturday [as a result of
19 placing refuse,] collection of solid waste or recyclable material, and
20 the associated community board has adopted a resolution requesting early
21 Friday set out of solid waste or recyclable material. The department
22 shall implement any community board requests within thirty days of a
23 resolution being adopted. Nothing in this paragraph shall otherwise be
24 construed to limit the ability of the department to promulgate rules
25 regarding the manner in which solid waste and recycling must be set out
26 for department collection [earlier than allowed under the rules of the
27 department relating to collection by the department or by a private
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 charter that is required to be licensed or registered pursuant to chap-
2 ter 1 of title 16-A of the code].
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
4 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the administrative code
5 of the city of New York relating to prohibiting the issuance of tickets
6 to residential occupants for certain violations of the sanitation code,
7 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8256 and A. 2693-A, takes
8 effect.
