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Violations issued to legally operating private waste haulers
Regulate the trade waste industry in the City. — Ensure that all businesses in the trade waste industry abide by the law.
Violations issued to legally operating (licensed) waste haulers nearly quadrupled in fiscal 2023 to 2,008, then fell to 1,163 the next year. BIC's own reporting says the fiscal 2023 surge came from clearing a pandemic-era violations backlog, made larger by the agency's expanded traffic-safety enforcement authority starting in fiscal 2022, and that a new Violation Unit created in fiscal 2023 worked through that backlog, driving the fiscal 2024 decline. The fiscal 2025 uptick is attributed to more joint enforcement operations with the NYPD and New York State Department of Transportation.
Researched July 15, 2026 — Business Integrity Commission, Fiscal 2024 Mayor's Management Report, Business Integrity Commission, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above. The dashed marker projects a full-year estimate at the current year-to-date pace.
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| Fiscal year | Actual |
|---|---|
| FY22 | 526 violations |
| FY23 | 2,008 violations |
| FY24 | 1,163 violations |
| FY25 | 1,246 violations |
| FY26 (YTD) | 729 violations |
| FY26 (projected) | ~972 violations |
Why this is tracked
For much of the 20th century, private carting (trade waste) in New York City was dominated by a cartel with deep mob ties, which rigged prices, divided territory among haulers, and intimidated business owners who tried to switch carters. The City created the Trade Waste Commission under Local Law 42 of 1996 specifically to license and regulate the industry and remove organized crime's grip on it. In 2001-2002, its functions were folded into the newly formed Business Integrity Commission (BIC), which also took over regulation of the public wholesale markets and shipboard gambling, consolidating the City's anti-corruption oversight of these historically mob-linked industries under one agency.
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Source: Investigations Unit and Legal Unit — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: The number of violations issued to parties who are licensed or registered by BIC, for violating the City’s laws and rules covering private waste hauling.