New York City Business Integrity Commission (the “Commission”) is proposing changes to Title 17 of the Rules of the City of New York to prepare for the implementation of the commercial waste zone program. Additionally, the Commission is proposing to increase the rate cap imposed upon licensees.
BIC Agenda Items
• Upcoming Rate Cap Hearing
o BIC will hold a virtual hearing on the maximum rate that may be charged by licensees for the collection, removal, disposal, or recycling of trade waste on October 11, 2023 at 11:00am.
• Safe Operations
Financial Statement Commission 2017 Directive, all companies licensed by BIC are required to submit annual financial statements, and must be submitted on or before August 17, 2018.
Detailed report on activities pertinent to the market, including listing of names and addresses of all conducting business in the market, acts of physical violence, all threats of such to person and/or property, referrals to prosecutions and results of same.
Detailed report on activities pertinent to the market, including listing of names and addresses of all conducting business in the market, acts of physical violence, all threats of such to person and/or property, referrals to prosecutions and results of same.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
Annual fair and effective affirmative employment plan to provide equal employment opportunity for minority group members and women who are employed by, or who seek employment with, the agency
Annual fair and effective affirmative employment plan to provide equal employment opportunity for minority group members and women who are employed by, or who seek employment with, the agency
To all licensees and registrants: BIC is updating the Online Portal by adding a new Violation Module that will allow you to see newly issued or pending BIC administrative violations through your existing Portal account. These changes will be introduced today, February 5, 2024.
For every vehicle with BIC-issued Trade Waste Conveyance Plates (“BIC plates”) and a GVWR over
10,000 pounds, you must:
1. Submit proof of side guard installation including photographs through the BIC Online
Portal;
OR
2. Apply for a waiver of the side guard requirement from BIC
BIC is alerting the industry to a phishing campaign designed to steal login credentials. The phishing emails mimic BIC emails, and reference an attached “secure document” from “ webmail@bic.nyc.gov”. These emails are NOT LEGITIMATE.
The Identifying Information Law requires City agencies to submit comprehensive biennial agency reports (Form 3) related to their collection, disclosure, and retention of identifying information and their privacy protection practices.
To all BIC licensees: On a quarterly basis, you must submit to the Commission a customer register that includes all customers located in New York City.
• Customer data for October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 is due by January 31, 2024.
All BIC licensees must on a quarterly basis submit to the Commission a customer register that includes all customers located in New York City. Customer data for April 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023 is due by July 31, 2023.
All licensees and registrants are hereby directed to complete waste collection in the affected
areas before 12:00 p.m. on July 4, 2021. Furthermore, you are directed to remove your
respective containers along the event route before 09:00 p.m. on July 3, 2021.
To all BIC trade waste broker registrants: On a bi-annual basis, you must submit to the Commission a customer register that includes all customers located in New York City.
• Customer data for July 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 is due by January 30, 2024.
To all BIC trade waste broker registrants: On a bi-annual basis, you must submit to the Commission a customer register that includes all customers located in New York City. Customer data for January 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023 is due by July 31, 2023.
All licensees and registrants: New York City’s annual Summer Streets program will be held in each borough over the course of five Saturdays between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. each day, and temporarily close multiple streets and locations to all motor vehicles, including trade waste collection vehicles.
To all licensees and registrants: On New Year’s Eve, December 31, street access will be restricted in Manhattan for the area:
• Bounded by West 38th Street on the South;
• West 59th Street on the North;
• 6th Avenue on the East;
• 8th Avenue on the West.
To All BIC Licensees: All financial statements for the 2023 calendar year must be filed with the Business Integrity Commission (“BIC”) on or before June 30, 2024. The form for the 2023 financial statements is available on the Commission’s website: http://www.nyc.gov/bic.
To All BIC Licensees: All financial statements for the 2023 calendar year must be filed with the Business Integrity Commission (“BIC”) on or before June 30, 2024. The form for the 2023 financial statements is available on the Commission’s website: https://www.nyc.gov/bic.
Customer data for October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 is due by January 31, 2023.
• Customer register submissions must be COMPLETE and ACCURATE to comply with the
requirement and submitted as a CSV file. A template can be found here
To all BIC licensees: On a quarterly basis, you must submit to the Commission a customer register that includes all customers located in New York City.
- Customer data for July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023 is due by October 31, 2023.
To All BIC Trade Waste Licensees:
On a quarterly basis, you must submit to the Commission a customer register that includes all customers located in New York City.
• Customer data for the period April 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024, is due by July 31, 2024.
To All BIC Licensees:
On a quarterly basis, you must submit to the Commission a customer register that includes all customers located in New York City.
• Customer data for the period January 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024 is due by April 30, 2024.
Customer register data for the period July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022 is due by October 31, 2022.
Violations will be issued for noncompliance. Customer register submissions must be COMPLETE and
ACCURATE to comply with the requirement.
Customer register data for the period April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022 is due by July 31, 2022.
Violations will be issued for noncompliance. Customer register submissions must be COMPLETE and ACCURATE to comply with the requirement.
To All Trade Waste Broker Registrants:
All financial statements for the 2023 calendar year must be filed with the Business Integrity Commission (“BIC”) on or before June 30, 2024. The form for the 2023 financial statements is available on the Commission’s website: https://www.nyc.gov/bic.
Customer data for July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 is due by January 30, 2023.
• All Broker Customer Register submissions, or notifications of a claimed exemption, must be
submitted through the BIC Online Portal.
To all BIC Licensees and Class-1 Registrants: You are required to complete the Department of Sanitation’s (“DSNY”) Solid Waste and Recycling Semi-Annual Reports for 2023 by April 26, 2024. There are TWO required reports: 1. January through June 2023 and 2. July through December 2023.
All licensees and registrants are hereby directed to complete waste collection in the affected areas before 12:00 p.m. on May 6, 2023. Furthermore, you are directed to remove your respective containers along the event route before 10:00 p.m. on May 5, 2023.
To all BIC Trade Waste Broker Registrants:
On a bi-annual basis, you must submit to the Commission a customer register that includes all customers located in New York City.
• Customer data for January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024, is due by July 31, 2024.
All licensees and registrants are hereby directed to complete waste collection and remove all
containers in the affected areas before 4:00 a.m. on December 31, 2022.
All companies licensed by the Business Integrity Commission (the “Commission”) are required to
submit annual financial statements to the Commission. All 2021 financial statements must be
submitted to the Commission on or before June 30, 2022.
All trade waste brokers currently registered by the Business Integrity Commission (the “Commission”)
are required to submit annual financial statements to the Commission. All financial statements must
be submitted to the Commission on or before June 30, 2022.
To all licensees and registrants: The Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be held on Thursday, November 23, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Various streets and avenues within Manhattan will be temporarily closed to all motor vehicles, including trade waste collection vehicles.
All licensees and registrants are hereby directed to complete waste collection and remove all
containers in the affected areas before 11:59 p.m. on November 23, 2023.
Licensees and registrants must provide trade waste employees with information regarding:
1. Driver compliance with BIC investigators
2. Workers’ rights
3. Corruption reporting to BIC
You must complete and return these forms to DSNY by email ( BPBPCSurvey@dsny.nyc.gov)
or mail (125 Worth Street, Room 732, New York, NY 10013, Attention: Private Carter Survey)
no later than June 30, 2021.
To all licensees and registrants: On Sunday, November 5, 2023, New York City will host its annual NYC Marathon and Family Reunion event. See below for a list of roadways that will be temporarily closed by the NYC Police Department for the event.
To all licensees and registrants: On Sunday, November 5, 2023, New York City will host its annual NYC Marathon and Family Reunion event. See below for a list of roadways that will be temporarily closed by the NYC Police Department for the event.