Relates to service of certain notice of violations returnable to the environmental control board

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Robert Jackson says this is needed

The New York City Department of Sanitation (the "Department") is respon- sible for enforcing various rules and regulations relating to cleanli- ness within the City of New York. These cleanliness violations range from the failure to clean the sidewalk, to placing materials out for Department or private carter collection improperly or at the wrong time. The Department can only observe certain violations relating to the prop- er set out of materials when a commercial establishment is closed. These violations include the failure to set out recyclable materials properly and the failure to place refuse in a container. The current law requires that the Department return to the commercial establishment when it has reopened in order to serve a notice of violation on a responsible party for a condition observed while the commercial establishment was closed. This legislation would allow the Department at the time it observes the violation, to affix such notice of violation in a conspicuous place to the premise where the violation occurred. It would also require that a copy of such violation be mailed via first class mail directly to the commercial establishment at the address at which the violation was issued. This legislation would elimi- nate the need for the Department to return the next day to the commer- cial establishment to effectuate in-person service and would allow the Department to use its resources in a cost effective and more productive manner.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.