🔴 LIVE: The Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management's Preliminary Budget Hearing

New York City Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management · March 16, 2026

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Presentation

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Chair Justin Sanchez opened the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management's fiscal 2027 preliminary budget hearing and outlined topics the committee will probe, including overtime reliance, containerization costs and timeline, waste export costs, implementation of the 2026 solid waste management plan, and vacant lot cleaning.

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New York City Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management held a fiscal 2027 preliminary budget hearing with DSNY leadership focused on staffing/overtime, containerization, waste export costs, snow response, enforcement, and community composting; public commenters urged continued funding for community composting and diversion programs.

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