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Q&A on implementation timeline for commercial waste zones

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Council Member Sandy Nurse questions DSNY officials about the slow implementation of commercial waste zones. She asks for a simple explanation of why so few zones can be implemented in the next 6-12 months.

DSNY cites concerns about customer issues and carter preparation as reasons for the slow rollout
Acting Commissioner Lojan emphasizes the need for awardees to scale up and non-awardees to ramp down operations
Council Member Nurse expresses frustration with the pace of implementation

Sandy Nurse

1:09:39

I mean, this is a hearing on commercial waste zones.

1:09:41

It could have been useful to have some information.

1:09:47

Can you just lay out in the simplest terms why you are unable just, like, talk to us like we're children, I guess.

1:09:55

Why are you unable to implement so few zones over the next six to six to twelve months?

Javier Lojan

1:10:06

Well, a big part of that is making sure that we don't have any customer issues and that the Carter's themselves are aware that they have to either scale up and then the non awardees obviously have to then ramp down.

1:10:20

So

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