I'm Brian Lehrer on WNYC.

Starting this Friday, September 1st, restaurants and other food related businesses in New York

City must throw their trash into a bin with a secure lid or risk paying a fine.

The first offense will set businesses back $50, then $100 for the second offense and

$200 a piece for the rest.

But the sanitation department has already been ramping up its ticketing since April when

new trash pickup times, as many of you know in New York City, were shortened when put

out time was moved from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

It has at least doubled the amount of tickets compared to last year we're told.

And all of this, of course, is coming at a time when Mayor Eric Adams and his administration

have made it their goal to reduce the rat population in New York City, that's why this

is happening.

Joining me now to break down the new guidelines and their deadlines, plus are their sanitation

related news, is Sophia Chang, WNYC and Gothamist reporter on the New York City Accountability

Ducks.

Sophia, welcome back to the show.

Thanks, Brian.

And listeners, you can get in on this.

We're wondering if any businesses or managers of residential buildings have already experienced

what Sophia refers to in one of her stories as the city's ticketing blitz to 1, 2, 4,

3, 3, WNYC, what did you get find for?

Have you successfully appealed or changed your ways?

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