With New York City looking to establish zones that would each be served by one carter, Councilmen Robert Cornegy Jr. and Mark Gjonaj have proposed a new bill that is designed to block the establishment of zones while creating a task force and puting the Business Integrity Commission—the agency that regulates private carting—in charge of a wide array of initiatives designed to address the trouble spots in the industry, including safety, air quality and efficiency. Cornegy Jr. and Mark Gjonaj’s bill aims to reach Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan of commercial trash collection while keeping the current system intact.
Recently, the Department of Sanitation put out an option that would have two to five carters per zone. The agency said that would allow for competition on price and service while still cutting the number of carters working routes in the same area. The council’s sanitation committee chairman, north Brooklyn’s Antonio Reynoso, is also working on a proposal for a zoned system.
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