The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the Administrative
Code as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. Communities such as Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Red Hook, and other Brooklyn
neighborhoods are included in this public hearing.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the
Administrative Code as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. Communities in Queens will be discussed in this panel.
The Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board chairperson, Bob LoPinto has attended, among other representatives of
various organizations in Queens.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the Administrative Code
as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. Communities in Staten Island will be discussed, and in particular, waste management
in these areas. Representatives from the Citywide Recycling Advisory Board and the five borough Solid Waste Advisory
Boards and other groups will be attending.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the Administrative
Code as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. The enforcement of the commercial recycling regulations must be improved
and waste prevention must be encouraged in the commercial sector. Multople representatives for boards in Manhattan
have attended, such as Rick Muller of the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board.
The commercial waste study will move forward by developing, through Henningson, Durham & Richardson
(HDR), a scope and they will conduct a study. The outline of the sutdy are set forth by the Administrative Code as
amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. HDR, Dan Harkins, Deputy Commissioner Steve Lawitts, Sarah Dolinar, and Vaugh Arnold
attended this meeting. The focus is on comments on commercial waste management issues that affect certain communities.
The Department of Sanitation conducted a hearing to receive comments on the proposed rule governing certain restrictions to the siting of solid waste transfer stations. The rule will prohibit any new transfer stations from developing and increase the holding capacity of preexisting stations.
A report by the City Planning Commission (CPC) regarding an application submitted by the Department of City Planning pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter for an amendment of the Zoning Map, section Nos. 7a and 7b, changing property from an R3-2 District to an R3A District, C3 District to an R3A District, and R5 District to an R4A District. The amendment would rezone approximately 34 blocks in the neighborhoods of Harding Park and Clason Point in Bronx Community District 9. The request was ultimately approved by CPC.