BIC and the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) will hold a public event on Monday, October 7, 2024, at 11:00AM to discuss vehicle and street safety for BIC trade waste licensees and registrants and new DCAS safety requirements for companies with City contracts.
Thursday, September 5, NYC public schools are back in session. Please share these important reminders with trade waste drivers and helpers as safety must be the #1 priority during operations:
Drivers should be familiar with school zones.
Always stop for school bus lights and obey crossing guards.
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.
To all market registrants:
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 “ bic@nyc.gov”. These emails are NOT LEGITIMATE. BIC does not send emails from “ bic@nyc.gov”.
The Identifying Information Law requires City agencies to submit comprehensive biennial agency reports related to their collection, retention, and disclosure of identifying information and their privacy protection practices.
Safety must be the top priority during trade waste collection and hauling operations. Extra caution is needed especially during the summer months as New York City hosts many outdoor events and pedestrians and cyclists enjoy the warm weather. Safety training should always be ongoing.
To all licensees and registrants: Please be aware that NYC will host its annual Summer Streets celebrations with extended hours from 7:00am until 3:00pm each week with resulting street closures and construction embargoes across the five boroughs.
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.
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.
Dear Licensee: I write to inform you that 3Kings Carting LLC has informed the Business Integrity Commission that it can no longer provide carting services to its customers. Please feel free to solicit the business of any of 3Kings Carting LLC’s former customers.
Dear Carting Customer,
Please be advised that 3Kings Carting, LLC (“3Kings”) and Faztec Industries Inc. (“Faztec”) have entered into a subcontracting arrangement regarding your waste hauling services. Under that subcontracting arrangement, you will continue to receive a bill from 3Kings.
Trade Waste Licensees and Registrants: Be aware that road closures and construction embargoes will be in effect throughout various parts of NYC in connection with NYC PrideFest & Pride March from 6/26/24-6/30/24, and for 4th of July celebrations beginning in some locations on 6/28-7/5/24.
Dear Licensees and Class 1 Registrants: You are reminded to complete the Department of Sanitation's ("DSNY") Solid Waste and Recycling Semi-Annual Reports for 2023, which were due on April 26, 2024 and are now past due.
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.
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.
To all Trade Waste Licensees and Registrants: Please be aware that on Saturday, May 18, 2024, New York City will host the New York Road Runners Brooklyn Half Marathon, with resulting temporary road closures in Brooklyn beginning on Thursday, May 16, 2024.
Pursuant to the Citywide Administrative Procedures Act (“CAPA”) Section 1042, the Business Integrity Commission (“BIC”) has published its annual regulatory agenda for the coming Fiscal Year 2025 in the May 1, 2024 edition of The City Record, which can be accessed here.
To all Trade Waste Licensees and Registrants: Please be aware that on Sunday, May 5, 2024, New York City will host its annual NYC Five Boro Bike Tour and there will be resulting temporary street closures across the five boroughs at the discretion of the NYPD.
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.
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.
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 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.
To all Trade Waste Licensees and Registrants: Please be aware that on Sunday, March 17, 2024, there will be temporary street closures in parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn in connection with the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon event.
To all Trade Waste Licensees and Registrants: Please be aware that on Sunday, March 17, 2024, there will be temporary street closures in parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn in connection with the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon event.
To all Licensees and Broker Registrants: On January 20, 2024, The New York City Department of Sanitation announced contracts with carters who will be authorized to operate in a given Commercial Waste Zone, once implemented.
The New York City Business Integrity Commission (“BIC”) conducted an investigation into a licensed commercial trade waste carting company in response to customer complaints of overcharging by the company, and as a result two customers received more than eighteen months of restitution.
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.
BIC is hosting a public event on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 2:00pm for BIC’s Director of Violations and Director of Policy to address frequently asked questions and receive industry feedback.
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.
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 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.
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.
I. Agency Name and Agency Language Access Coordinator
New York City Business Integrity Commission
Language Access Coordinator: Christy Capolongo, Deputy Director of Licensing
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.
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.
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.
Reminders and Requests:
● Please fill out all identifying information on lines 8, 12 and 13.
● Please do not input information in Pink-shaded cells.
● Enter quarterly training completions in Columns B, C, D, E for Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4, respectively.
● Do not change the formatting and layout of the
To all trade waste licensees and registrants: As Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, November 5, 2023, this is a reminder that safety must be the top priority when hauling trade waste.
To all licensees and registrants: This notice is to inform you of October street closures that may impact trade waste collection and routes. You may also sign up to receive regular email alerts from NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) regarding upcoming traffic advisories and street closures.
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.
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
The New York City Business Integrity Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. The subject of the public hearing will be the maximum rate that may be charged by licensees for the collection, removal, disposal, or recycling of trade waste.
Dear Licensees and Class 1 Registrants: You are reminded to complete the Department of Sanitation's ("DSNY") Solid Waste and Recycling Semi-Annual
Reports for 2022, which were due on June 30, 2023 and are now past due.
School is back in session! Operate safely during trade waste collection.
- Do not speed. The speed limit in most school zones during school times or when children are present is 25 miles per hour.
- Adhere to designated truck routes.
1. Please save this file as “XXXX Quarter X FY 2023 DEI-EEO Quarterly Report.Part I”, where ‘XXXX’ is the commonly used acronym of your agency. You must submit this file in MS Word format. Please do not convert it to PDF.
2. Complete the “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and EEO Training Summary” detai
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 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 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.
What are we proposing? The New York City Business Integrity Commission (the “Commission”
or “BIC”) is proposing changes to Title 17 of the Rules of the City of New York to improve traffic
and vehicle safety within the trade waste industry.
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.
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.
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
The New York City Business Integrity Commission (the “Commission”
or “BIC”) is proposing changes to Title 17 of the Rules of the City of New York to add new rules
to implement Section 1043(g) of the New York City Charter, which permits any person to petition
a city agency to consider adoption.
What are we proposing? The New York City Business Integrity Commission (the “Commission” or
“BIC”) is proposing changes to its rules. First, the Commission is authorizing the Hearings Division of
the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) to adjudicate BIC summonses.
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
On behalf of the New York City Business Integrity Commission, I hereby declare my commitment as the Agency Head to support and enforce the rights and protections afforded by the New York City EEO Policy, the City and State Human Rights Law, and all other relevant laws, for all employees, applicants
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
The New York City Business Integrity Commission (the “Commission” or “BIC”) is proposing to amend Title 17 of the Rules of the City of New York relating to the maximum rates permitted to be charged by a licensee for the collection, removal, disposal, or recycling of trade waste.
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.
What are we proposing? The New York City Business Integrity Commission (the “Commission”
or “BIC”) is proposing changes to Title 17 of the Rules of the City of New York to implement side
guard requirements for heavy duty trade waste vehicles as required by New York City
Administrative Code
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.
All licensees and registrants are hereby directed to complete waste collection and remove all containers in the affected areas before 10:00 p.m. on Fridays August 5, August 12, and August 19, 2022.
All licensees and registrants are hereby directed to complete waste collection in the affected areas
before 12:00 p.m. on April 30, 2022. Furthermore, you are directed to remove your respective
containers along the event route before 10:00 p.m. on April 29, 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.
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.
What are we proposing? The New York City Business Integrity Commission (the “Commission” or
“BIC”) is proposing to amend Title 17 of the Rules of the City of New York relating to the maximum rates
permitted to be charged by a licensee for the collection, removal, disposal, or recycling of trade wa
You must complete and return these forms to the Department of Sanitation 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, 2022.
NYC BIC FY 2022 Quarterly Report - Part II DEEO Training Summary.REVISED Q2
This report contains the required reporting information related to NYC BIC FY 2022 Quarterly Report - Part II DEEO Training Summary.REVISED Q2
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
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.
On New Year’s Eve (December 31, 2021), street access will be restricted in parts of Manhattan 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 24, 2021.
All licensees and registrants are hereby directed to complete waste collection in the affected areas
before 12:00 p.m. on November 6, 2021. You are also directed to remove your respective containers
along the event route before 8:00 p.m. on November 5, 2021.