Weeks after the New York City Sanitation Department started enforcing new composting rules, officials say they are pausing some of the fines ... said it issued over 3,500 citations since ...

Just weeks after New York City started enforcing its new compost rules, officials say they are pausing some of the fines. Mayor Eric Adams’ office said in a statement that while composting is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York City is ... new mandatory composting program, temporarily pausing fines for most residents as they grow accustomed to the city’s new trash rules.

The mayor’s office stressed that composting is still “mandatory,” despite the pause in fines for smaller ... them on the rules in the first place.” Under New York City’s composting ...

On April 1, the Sanitation Department started to fine any building owners who flout the new rules ... s involvement in the composting issue comes after the New York Times reported earlier this ...

The 5.24 million pounds of recycled trash is more than a 500% increase from what New York ... rules, only buildings with more than 30 units can be fined for refusing to compost. Even then, the ...

But if a business flouts the rules, the city gives an initial warning, followed by a $500 fine ... in New York.” “It’s disappointing that the City Council introduced a sweeping composting ...

The new rules ... the fines are on pause, the Sanitation Department will continue citywide curbside composting pickup. Mastro’s involvement in the composting issue comes after the New York ...