City Hall to provide homeowners with automatic rebate checks for NYC Bins - QNS

"Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that the owners of one and two-family homes who receive Basic or Enhanced School Tax Relief (STAR or E-STAR) credits will receive a $59.30 check to cover the cost of their official NYC Bin. The Adams Administration said checks will be arriving at homes across the city in the coming weeks, adding that homeowners do not have to do anything in order to receive them as the Department of Finance will be automatically sending them out."

"The announcement comes after a lengthy stand-off between Adams and the City Council when his Hizzoner refused to sign legislation into law even after it passed the City Council with a veto-proof majority earlier in the year. The law, introduced by Manhattan Council Member Yusef Salaam, was passed unanimously by the City Council in February with a veto-proof majority and would provide hundreds of thousands of specially-secure bins to New Yorkers."

"Adams had initially revealed that he would not sign off on the law even after it passed with a veto-proof majority, according to a report in the New York Post. The Mayor had previously described the law as "fiscally irresponsible." However, he reversed course on Aug. 6 and stated that City Hall would now provide the $14.5 million required to fund the program."

New York City will send $59.30 checks to owners of one- and two-family homes who receive Basic or Enhanced School Tax Relief (STAR or E-STAR) credits to cover the cost of the city's official NYC Bin. The Department of Finance will automatically mail the rebates to eligible homeowners in the coming weeks; homeowners do not need to take any action. A unanimously passed City Council law requires specially secure bins for buildings with one to nine residential units, with the bin requirement effective June 2026. The Mayor initially opposed the law but later allocated $14.5 million to fund the program. Properties must use bins 55 gallons or less with secure lids by Nov. 12, 2024, and existing similar bins may be used only until June 2026.

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