A new rule will go into effect on July 30 requiring food-related businesses to toss waste into secure containers rather than just bags. The date was announced by Mayor Eric Adams and Department of ...

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In the latest front in New York City’s fight against the proliferation of trash and rats, city officials plan to require restaurants and bodegas to set out trash in containers instead of bags. The ...

Soon, rats may no longer be able to dine at New York City’s hottest restaurants. A newly proposed rule from the Department of Sanitation would require food-related businesses — restaurants, bodegas, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City restaurants and other food-related businesses will need to start putting their trash in containers under a new rule, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday. The ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A new proposal will attempt to reduce the trash buffet left out for rats by restaurants and bodegas in New York City. The Department of Sanitation's "trash containerization" ...

New York City is launching the next battle plan in its war on rats. After appointing a rat czar in April, Mayor Eric Adams has announced his next target: trash from food-related businesses.