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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Wendy Chavez, Associate at Cole Schotz P.C., on Commercial Waste Zones in Staten Island
2:23:17
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Wendy Chavez, representing Fastech Industries Inc., advocates for fairness in the Commercial Waste Zone program for Staten Island. She argues that treating Staten Island as a single zone limits competition and may lead to increased prices for businesses.
- Calls for establishing more than one zone in Staten Island to ensure adequate competition and fairness
- Urges for rebidding of commercial waste zone contracts, citing outdated list of awardees
- Expresses concern that the current structure defeats the legislation's purpose of fair pricing
Wendy Chavez
2:23:17
Good afternoon.
2:23:19
My name is Wendy Chavez.
2:23:20
I'm an associate at Colschotts PC and I'm appearing today on behalf of our client Fastech Industries Incorporated, a family owned Cardi company that has proudly served Staten Island for over a decade.
2:23:34
We've attended prior hearings on behalf of our client and we're here again to advocate for what our client believes is a matter of basic fairness and equity.
2:23:43
Staten Island is too often treated like a single neighborhood rather than the full borough that it is.
2:23:50
This inequity is reflected in the creation of just one zone for the commercial waste zone legislation which effectively is limiting services to only three carding companies.
2:24:04
FastSEC strongly believes that the structure is unfair and leaves Staten Island residents and businesses with very limited options.
2:24:12
We urge DSNY and this committee's support to seriously consider establishing more than one zone for the borough to ensure adequate competition and fairness.
2:24:23
We've already been told that due to the one zone three carding company rule prices are all set to increase for the businesses surpassing the current pricing that fast tech industry provides as well as other carding companies that are currently active in the borough.
2:24:40
This outcome defeats a primary purpose of the legislation which is fair pricing.
2:24:46
More urgently FAST SEC Industries continues to call for the rebidding of the commercial waste zone contracts that have been awarded especially since it has been several years since the initial selection and the current list of awardees is outdated.
2:25:02
There's no assurance that they're still meeting the necessary standards for the contracts.
2:25:07
Thank you for your time and consideration.