New York City’s Business Integrity Commission (BIC) will vote on Friday, November 7 on a proposed 30 percent increase to the maximum rates that solid waste companies are allowed to charge commercial customers in the City. The City’s rate cap has not been changed since 1997. The BIC held a public hearing in October on its proposal; NSWMA and 10 member companies testified that the proposed increase is insufficient, as labor, disposal, fuel and other costs have gone up by much more than 30 percent since 1997. No one testified in opposition to the proposed increase. NSWMA has been lobbying City officials for rate cap reform for several years, and views the proposed 30 percent adjustment as an important step towards eventual rate deregulation.
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