City sanitation workers would be banned from issuing trash-related fines to New Yorkers during some weekend hours — including during the Jewish Sabbath — under a new proposed state bill.
The bill, introduced by Assembly member Simcha Eichenstein on Monday, seeks to change the Sanitation Department’s “discriminatory” evening curbside garbage drop-off rules, which have resulted in $50 to $300 fines for Orthodox Jewish residents who are prohibited from handling trash during the religious observance, the pol said.
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“This policy is unacceptable and must come to [an] end,” Eichenstein said in a statement. “New Yorkers should not have to choose between their religious beliefs and avoiding a ticket.”…