Requiring the commissioner of sanitation to study the feasibility and potential environmental effects of a recycling mandate for household textiles.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced Feb 28, 2024
Official status: Filed (End of Session)
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law in relation to requiring the commissioner of sanitation to study the feasibility and potential environmental effects of a recycling mandate for household textiles” Read the full text
Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
What it does
This bill would require the commissioner of sanitation to study and report on the feasibility and environmental effects of a mandate for households to separate, and the department of sanitation to collect, textile waste. The study would consider, among other things, the costs, potential benefits, and potential negative effects of such a mandate.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced by Council · Feb 28, 2024
Referred to Comm by Council · Feb 28, 2024
Hearing Held by Committee · Sep 25, 2024
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Laid Over by Committee · Sep 25, 2024
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Filed (End of Session) · Dec 31, 2025
Official documents
Summary of Int. No. 256
officialInt. No. 256
officialFebruary 28, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
officialHearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-28-24
officialMinutes of the Stated Meeting - February 28, 2024
officialCommittee Report 9/25/24
officialHearing Testimony 9/25/24
officialHearing Transcript 9/25/24
officialStraight from the Council record: fiscal impact statements, committee reports, and hearing transcripts as filed.
The numbers
8
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Crystal HudsonErik D. BottcherLincoln RestlerGale A. BrewerShahana K. HanifShaun AbreuTiffany L. CabánFarah N. Louis
Who is lobbying on this
From 2 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2024). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025).