{"id":246755,"date":"2026-05-28T19:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/246755\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:23:31","slug":"cm-wong-calls-on-mamdani-dept-of-finance-to-delay-trash-bin-reimbursement-deadline-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/246755\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Wong calls on Mamdani, Dept. of Finance to delay trash bin reimbursement deadline \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo by John McCarten\/NYC Council Media Unit<\/p>\n

Council Member Phil Wong<\/a> is urging Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> and Richard Lee, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Finance<\/a> (DOF), to postpone the trash bin reimbursement deadline from its original date, Monday, June 1, to Tuesday, September 8 \u2014 aligning it with the Department of Sanitation (DOS)\u2019s recently deferred enforcement for residents who have not obtained city-issued bins.<\/p>\n

In a letter sent to both parties on Friday, May 22, Wong commended the DOS\u2019s decision to solely issue warnings for residents \u2014 constituents living in qualified properties with 1 to 9 units \u2014 without said bins until the day after Labor Day.<\/p>\n

As reported by amNewYork<\/a>, the concerns over supply distribution with the NYC Bins<\/a> led to the subsequent delay. The DOS-issued bins followed the DOS\u2019s issued Request for Proposals to contract a vendor<\/a> to produce official bins in October 2023 and were eventually unveiled on July 8, 2024.<\/p>\n

This move, however, still leaves one stone unturned.
\n\"\"Photo courtesy of the District Office of Council Member Phil Wong\n<\/p>\n

An array of constituents in District 30 have contacted the Council Member\u2019s District Office to voice their concerns over difficulties in obtaining bins (e.g., shortages, delays) among older adults and disabled residents. The DOF is currently providing reimbursement<\/a> for the purchase of one NYC-issued 45-gallon waste container for one and two-family homeowners with School Tax Relief (STAR) property tax exemption or credit in the previous year (or 2024).<\/p>\n

The extension would grant residents additional time to secure the bins and reimbursement without financial consequences due to the city\u2019s supply issues. If enforced, the fines would range from $50 to $200.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve heard from many constituents, especially seniors and residents with disabilities, who have struggled to obtain the official NYC trash bins due to ongoing shortages and supply issues,\u201d said Wong. \u201cIf the City is delaying enforcement because residents cannot get the bins, then it only makes sense to extend the reimbursement deadline as well so people are not unfairly penalized.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Wong stated in the letter, the trash bin shortage has been \u201cdisproportionately affecting senior and disabled residents,\u201d underscoring the urgency to extend the reimbursement deadline for the district\u2019s most vulnerable population. The trash bin matter is one of the many quality-of-life issues that the District 30 representative is seeking to resolve. Moreover, the District Office has been in contact with city agencies and local retailers to address the availability issues.<\/p>\n

Jeremy M. Edwards, the Deputy Press Secretary from the Office of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has issued the following statement regarding the matter:\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in receipt of the letter and are working to determine how to accommodate this request while still being within the bounds of the law. We hope to have more to share soon.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

As of press time, the Department of Finance has not responded to a request for comment.\n<\/p>\n

The story has been updated to include the Deputy Press Secretary\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by John McCarten\/NYC Council Media Unit Council Member Phil Wong is urging Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Richard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[73092,2025,310,86491,96378,68,36610,9,11,10,1260,8430,123,7693,96379,82],"class_list":["post-246755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-cm-wong","tag-community-news","tag-daily-newsletter","tag-district-30","tag-dof","tag-exclusive","tag-mayor-mamdani","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nyc-politics","tag-phil-wong","tag-queens-news","tag-trash-bin","tag-trash-bin-reimbursement","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}