NYC Council · Int 0857-2026 · Passed, on the Mayor's desk

Requiring the department of sanitation to install and refill dog waste bag dispensers on public litter baskets.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Apr 30, 2026

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of sanitation to install and refill dog waste bag dispensers on public litter baskets” Read the full text

Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

What it does

This bill would require the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to install no less than 1,200 dog waste bag dispensers on public litter baskets across the 5 boroughs. DSNY could engage a local entity to volunteer to refill any dog waste bag dispenser with bags no less than monthly, and where no such entity is engaged, DSNY would be required to refill any dog waste bag dispenser with bags no less than monthly until June 30, 2030. DSNY would also be required to, by March 1, 2030, report to the Speaker of the Council regarding the program’s impact on public complaints about dog waste and whether the program should be continued.

Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.