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Sanitation describes warnings-first approach, heavy confiscations and need for staffing to match any licensing expansion
Summary
The Department of Sanitation described its street-vending enforcement approach and reported inspection and confiscation figures; DSNY said enforcement is largely complaint-driven, civil in nature, and that its sanitation police have limited staffing amid rising 311 complaints and confiscations.
The Department of Sanitation told the council that the agencywas designated in April 2023 as the lead agency coordinating enforcement of vending rules and described a warnings-first approach supplemented by inspections, summonses and confiscations.
"This enforcement is civil in nature and Sanitation Police as a general rule do not make arrests," Deputy Commissioner Joshua Goodman said. Goodman told the committee that DSNY sanitation police focus on cleanliness, pedestrian clearance and safety hazards and that the mayoral transfer of enforcement to DSNY followed a public vote…
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