Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) addressed the community Thursday morning after an influx of NYC Sanitation summonses have been handed out to residents for putting their garbage out prematurely Erev Shabbos.
Since garbage pick-up is on Wednesdays and Saturdays in certain parts of Boro Park, NYC Sanitation has accommodated the Jewish community, allowing residents to put out their garbage as close to sundown as possible on Friday afternoon. Several residents have contacted Assemblyman Hikind’s office with complaints, claiming they were ticketed for putting their garbage out “too early” for Saturday’s pick-up.
“We greatly appreciate and understand the accommodation that the NYC Sanitation has made for us in allowing garbage to be put out before candle lighting,” Hikind said.
Added Hikind: “Every resident should be aware that they will receive a NYC Sanitation summons should they put their garbage out hours before Shabbos. To avoid being ticketed, wait until just before candle lighting to put your garbage out. I encourage everyone to help your fellow neighbor in adhering to this accommodation the City has generously made for us.”
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Cop out!!!
There should be NO reason trash can’t be put out after noon , especially on the shorter Fridays.
Where does Greenfield, aka the Jewish Obama, stand on this?
What if you’re going away for Shabbos?
How ridiculous to schedule a garbage collection in a Jewish area on Shabbos!
Why not make simple, state the specific hours when you are allowed to according to daylight savings time and non daylight savings time. Takes out the guesswork and the tickets
They are listed on the NYC dot gov website:
Curbside Setout For Residents
Set out your garbage and recycling after 4 pm the night before your scheduled collection day. Remove empty containers by 9 pm on the collection day, or by 9 am the following morning if your collection occurs after 4 pm.
Don’t set out garbage and recycling (including bulky items) in the street, or in a way that blocks pedestrian traffic or extends in front of another property.
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Shabbos in NYC is always after 4:00 PM,
@RichardM- The trucks come around on Shabbos because there’s almost no traffic on the roads at that time when compared to a regular weekday. It actually saves the locals a lot of frustration
It’s an outrage! I am appalled!
Curious that these regular Hikind lines weren’t in the news story!
how about ticketing the sanitation department for all the empty garbage cans that they throw all around the sidewalks and remain this way until after shabbas? the streets look terrible all shabbas long and a lot of sidewalks are blocked by the empty cans. it is not pleasant to walk the streets on shabbas and have to look at all this. I think it’s worth a very large fine for the sanitation department.