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 ...

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 ...

In a major reversal, the Adams administration has ordered New York City sanitation inspectors to stop issuing fines to most buildings that break composting rules ... in just over two weeks since ...

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 ...