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Council member Dinowitz seeks medical-waste exemption from commercial waste zone; DSNY urges opposition
Summary
Council member Mark Dinowitz introduced Intro 13‑49 to exempt any generator of medical waste from commercial waste zone requirements; DSNY warned the exemption could undermine the zones and increase truck traffic and emissions.
Council Member Dinowitz introduced legislation (Intro 13‑49) at a sanitation committee hearing to exempt businesses that generate medical waste from participation in the commercial waste zone (CWZ) program. The sponsor said the bill is intended to ease administrative burdens for hospital systems that operate across multiple CWZ zones.
"This bill will support our hospitals and patients by reducing administrative costs associated with the new requirements under CWZ," Council Member Dinowitz said in remarks submitted and read into the record.…
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