NYC homeowners might not be getting the free garbage cans the City Council promised \u2013 as legislators and Mayor Eric Adams literally fight over trash.<\/p>\n
Adams revealed this week he won\u2019t sign off on $14.5 million in taxpayer dough to give away hundreds of thousands of specially secure bins to New Yorkers as part of his war on NYC rats.<\/a> <\/p>\n The bins are supposed to go to owners of one- and two-family homes with the city refunding those who already purchased them, provided they are enrolled in the state\u2019s School Tax Relief (STAR) program.<\/a><\/p>\n The giveaway was supposed to begin Friday under legislation<\/a> sponsored by Yusef Salaam (D-Manhattan) that the Council unanimously approved in February with a veto-proof majority.<\/p>\n Mayor Eric Adams is snubbing a new law that is supposed to provide owners of one- and two-family home with city-issued bins.<\/p>\n Instead, Council members this week were told to come up with the $14.5 million on their own \u2014 enough to cover about 265,000 one-and two family households, by NYC Independent Budget Office estimates.<\/p>\n The City Council has its own taxpayer-funded budget that it uses to pay staff, fund pet projects in their district and for other initiatives.<\/p>\n It was the latest salvo fired in an ongoing feud between the city\u2019s executive and legislative branches, which also this week included Adams\u00a0vetoing a\u00a0City Council\u00a0measure\u00a0that would have blocked Bally\u2019s from opening a Bronx casino<\/a> and another that would decriminalize illegal vending.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe mayor has an ax to grind,\u201d said Council Minority Leader Joann Ariola (R-Queens). Ron Sachs \u2013 CNP for NY Post<\/p>\n A vast majority of NYC property owners will be required to use city-issued bins<\/a> with secure lids by June 2026. They range in cost\u00a0from $43.88 for 25-gallon containers to $53.01 to 45-gallon bins \u2014 a tab the Council believes should be picked up by the city for many New Yorkers.<\/p>\n