NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Compulsory composting became enforceable by fines in New York City starting at the beginning of the month, leaving some homeowners angry and a coalition of councilmembers pushing for a bill to reverse the law that the council previously passed .
The bill is sponsored by the Common Sense Caucus and intends to overturn the Department of Sanitation’s mandatory composting rules, which first went into effect in October but only became enforceable on April 1.
NYC Councilmember Kristy Marmorato, representing the northeast Bronx in District 13, told 1010 WINS that the DSNY has already issued around 2,000 fines. She sponsors the bill in addition to councilmembers David Carr, Vickie Paladino, Inna Vernikov, Susan Zhuang and Robert Holden…