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SBS's role in sanitation rule implementation and compliance funding
0:32:10
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Council Member Feliz inquires about SBS's role in implementing the new sanitation rules and any funding allocated to support BIDs and small businesses in complying with these rules. Commissioner Gross outlines SBS's approach and available resources.
- SBS's NYC Best Team works to increase understanding of city regulations, including the new containerization rules
- $5.3 million in baseline funding for Neighborhood Development Division (NDD) grants, but not specifically for containerization costs
- Funding primarily focused on increasing capacity of smaller BIDs, BID formation, and merchant organizing costs
Oswald Feliz
0:32:10
What role if any do you think SBS should play in the implementation proper and effective implementation of these sanitation rules?
Dynishal Gross
0:32:20
So SBS as I said before we have an NYC Best Team that works with small businesses and community organizations citywide to increase understanding of compliance with city regulations and NDD and our NYC best team work closely together Any businesses or the bids themselves that have questions about compliance regulations from containerization to other issues will also have the support of of that team.
Oswald Feliz
0:32:53
Does the preliminary plan include any funding to support bids and small businesses with the with complying with these new laws and rules?
Dynishal Gross
0:33:01
So the additional the $5,300,000 in baseline funding for NDD grants was scoped to baseline the investments that we have piloted in NDD since the blueprint was released.
0:33:16
So those include the small bids grants to increase the capacity of bids with smaller assessments and doing all of the wonderful work of bids from increased security to district marketing, events, public space management, and supplemental sanitation.
0:33:34
In addition, bid formation and merchant organizing costs are planned uses of that $5,300,000.
0:33:42
That budget was not scoped to include containerization costs.