Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams today announced all New York City public schools will have “Meatless Mondays” beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, with transcript
DSNY announced that starting tomorrow, the Department will begin enforcement of a city law requiring some larger restaurants, chain restaurants and grocery stores to separate their food waste from their trash, and ensure it's beneficially reused, not sent to a landfill.
Quantities of paper applications distributed to EFAP have been provided in this report. As a result of electronically submitted applications, it is likely that, going forward, this number will decrease and/or reflect a zero quantity. In fact, now 84% of applications are now submitted online.