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Violations issued to private waste haulers — Total
Regulate the trade waste industry in the City. — Ensure that all businesses in the trade waste industry abide by the law.
Total violations issued to private waste haulers spiked to 2,876 in fiscal 2023, then fell by nearly half the following year. BIC attributes the fiscal 2023 spike to a backlog of violations that had built up during the COVID-19 pandemic and BIC's newly expanded traffic-safety authority; a new Violation Unit created that year worked through the backlog, which is why fiscal 2024 numbers dropped so much. The renewed increase in fiscal 2025 reflects more joint enforcement operations with the NYPD and other partners plus a rise in on-street enforcement targeting unlicensed haulers.
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 | 1,088 violations |
| FY23 | 2,876 violations |
| FY24 | 1,573 violations |
| FY25 | 1,822 violations |
| FY26 (YTD) | 1,074 violations |
| FY26 (projected) | ~1,432 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 private carters for violating the Agency’s law and rules, ranging from dirty trucks to unlicensed or unregistered trade waste removal activity.