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Assembly delays expansion of food donation and food-scraps recycling program by one year
Summary
A chapter amendment will push back phased inclusion dates and a 50-mile rule for New York’s food donation and food-scraps recycling program; the Assembly passed the amendment after debate about facility access and costs to small businesses.
The New York State Assembly on the floor passed a chapter amendment delaying the scheduled expansion of the state’s food donation and food scraps recycling program enacted in 2024.
Sponsor Assemblymember Shimsky said the amendment delays, by one year, several implementation milestones established in chapter 552 of the laws of 2024. Under the chapter amendment, inclusion of businesses generating 1 ton of food scraps per week would be delayed until…
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