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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Noah Sheroff, Executive Director of Bayside Village Business Improvement District on Containerization Costs
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Noah Sheroff, representing the Bayside Village Business Improvement District (BID), expresses deep concern about the costs associated with the new containerization requirements for waste management. He highlights the financial burden this places on the BID and small businesses in the area, potentially threatening their viability.
- The BID faces significant costs for purchasing new containers, including $16,837.60 for 16 cans plus $4,209.40 in tariffs.
- Additional expenses include increased labor costs for hauling containerized waste, potentially reaching over $40,000 per year on top of existing sanitation services.
- Sheroff emphasizes that these new costs could consume one-third of the BID's fiscal year 2026 assessment, impacting their ability to provide other essential services.
Noah Sheroff
3:43:10
You.
3:43:11
Good afternoon, New York City Council sanitation committee.
3:43:15
Thank you so much for providing me with the opportunity to once again testify before you.
3:43:21
My name is Noah Sheriff, and I represent the small business improvement district in Northeast Queens, the Bayside Village bid.
3:43:28
While I certainly appreciate DSNY's willingness to communicate and prompt response to any issues reported, I must express a deep concern for the cost of containerization.
3:43:40
The bid relies on an assessment, which will increase in fiscal year twenty twenty six to cover costs associated with community events, supplement supplemental sanitation services, holiday lights and decorations, and the general rising cost of what seems to be just about everything.
3:43:58
In addition, my board of directors has voted to increase the numbers of receptacles within the district, placing an additional can next to 16 carbon cans spread throughout Bell Boulevard and 40 First Avenue.
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We are doing this because we rely on vehicles in the district with few options for public transit.
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Two bus lines, one of which we fought to keep on Bell In an L I, Double R, station.
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The loss of additional parking spaces will likely mean, hyperbole aside, the closure of a small business.
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We have one sanitation worker caring for the entire bid and have having him lug bags to where particular destination is particularly strenuous.
3:44:39
There was a $16,837.60 cost of 16 cans.
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And since we are only able to purchase certain cans, a $4,209.40 cost of tariffs since they will be shipped from Canada.
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The cans will be shipped to a nearby garage, so a friend of the bid must then be paid for pickup since this is cheaper than freight.
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What our sanitation worker cleans the bid six days per week.
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The cost of our supplemental sanitation service provider to haul bags to the same garage would cost a hundred $45 per day.
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That's over 40,000 per year.
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That's on top of the already 70,000 that we pay for service as is.
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So the combined total would mean that we would spend one third of our assessment for fiscal year twenty six on services.
Shaun Abreu
3:45:33
Thank you.
3:45:33
Thank you so much.
Noah Sheroff
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Thank you.