This
holiday season
let small
businesses in
Chinatown,
Little Italy,
the Bowery and
Lower East
Side know how
much you
appreciate
them – be sure
to #ShopSmall.
Because the
holidays are
happier
together.
Visit ShopSmall.com to
learn more.
Beginning November
1, 2021, New
York City food
service
establishments
may no longer
provide
single-use
plastic
beverage
straws that
are not
compostable,
except upon
request.
Additionally,
food service
establishments
may no longer
provide
single-use
beverage
splash sticks
or stirrers
made of
plastic.
Affected
businesses,
agencies, and
nonprofits
will have
a one-year
warning period
lasting
through
October 31,
2022. For
more
information on
this law, the
exceptions,
and to
download a
sample sign,
please
visit nyc.gov/straws.
Owe
City-Issued
Fines? Get
Them Reduced
DOF is
offering a
temporary
program
allowing
businesses to
pay a reduced
amount for
eligible
Environmental
Control Board
(ECB)
judgments,
including
those issued
by the
Sanitation,
Fire, and
Buildings
departments. Save
up to 75% with
the
FAIRER Program
(Fine and
Interest
Reduction
Enabling
Recovery). To
find out if
your
judgements are
eligible,
visit nyc.gov/fairer or
call
311. Deadline
to apply is
Dec 20, 2021.
