Residents Target of Latest Expanded Trash Container Effort by Mayor

by Mindy Cohn

In the ongoing effort to battle the City's ever-present plague of rate, Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Jessica Tisch publicized a new policy last Wednesday, requiring residential building owners to use containers exclusively for garbage pick-up.

The new residential trash policy is another step in the ongoing effort to remove the unsightly black garbage bags from City streets to be replaced by standard-sized,  secure, rat-resistant containers.

The new policy covers any residential building with nine or fewer units, single-family homes, smaller tenements, and townhouses subdivided into separate apartments or nearly 765,000 properties.

The new policy for residential buildings is expected to begin next fall. Building owners will be required to use official NYC bins available through a vendor by the summer of 2026.