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Senate Bill S8821

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the issuance of tickets to residential occupants for certain violations of the sanitation code

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2025-S8821 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9505
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §16-120, NYC Ad Cd (as proposed in S.8256 & A.2693-A)

2025-S8821 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-S8821 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8821 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8821
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SUTTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  4  of  subdivision  c of section 16-120 of the
 administrative code of the city of New York, as added by  a  chapter  of
 the  laws  of  2025  amending the administrative code of the city of New
 York relating to prohibiting the  issuance  of  tickets  to  residential
 occupants  for certain violations of the sanitation code, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 8256 and A. 2693-A, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  Notwithstanding  any  provision of this subdivision or any rule of
 the department relating to collection to the  contrary,  the  department
 shall  not  issue a notice of violation, appearance ticket or summons to
 any owner, lessee, tenant or  occupant  of  a  residential  building  or
 dwelling,  nor  to  a  person who manages or controls such a building or
 dwelling, for a violation of [paragraph (2) of  subdivision  e  of  this
 section  occurring  between  the hours of] THIS SUBDIVISION, OR ANY RULE
 PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, RELATED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE TIME AT  WHICH
 SOLID  WASTE  OR RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IS SET OUT FOR COLLECTION, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH SET OUT OCCURS AFTER 3:00 p.m. on Friday [and 6:00 p.m.   on],
 WITHIN AN AREA OF A COMMUNITY DISTRICT THAT HAS Saturday [as a result of
 placing  refuse,]  COLLECTION OF solid waste or recyclable material, AND
 THE ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY BOARD HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION REQUESTING EARLY
 FRIDAY SET OUT OF SOLID WASTE OR  RECYCLABLE  MATERIAL.  THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  IMPLEMENT  ANY  COMMUNITY  BOARD REQUESTS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF A
 RESOLUTION BEING ADOPTED. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL  OTHERWISE  BE
 CONSTRUED  TO  LIMIT  THE  ABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT TO PROMULGATE RULES
 REGARDING THE MANNER IN WHICH SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING MUST BE SET  out
 for  DEPARTMENT  collection [earlier than allowed under the rules of the
 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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