New Yorkers are crying foul over a sanitation policy that they say needs to be trashed.
“I think it’s crazy that without a warning or anything, it should have been a warning. Unless they’re trying to make money, which is what I think,” Raymond Jansson of Whitestone, Queens told CBS 2′s Hazel Sanchez on Monday night.
Jansson was fined $100 for putting his garbage out 30 minutes too early.
Department of Sanitation policy says that residents cannot place garbage on the curb until 5 p.m. the day before collection. Between Oct. 1 and April 1 it can be placed outside after 4 p.m.
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I thought that most New Yorkers were aware of this rule. In Brooklyn they are quite understanding about placing trash out early erev Shabbos in the winter months.
This rule actually makes sense. Good sanitation (cleanliness – not the department) is very important to the safety of the city. It reduces rats and disease.
There are some people on my block that keep their trash and cans at the curb all week. Somehow they never seem to get tickets. But put it out a few minutes early, and BAM!
BTW – ignorance of the laws is not an excuse to be exempt from the fines. The Sanitation rules, especially the common ones, are easily available on their website, and you can even call 311 to ask them to mail you a booklet.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/rules_reg/digest.shtml
There is one law that I found intersting, in the section about vendors displaying their wares on the sidewalk:
” Additionally, palm branches, willow branches, myrtle branches, and citrons may be displayed and sold in the months of September and October. ”
Hmm… no mention of Succah decorations.