A Sanitation Bill introduced by Assemblyman Hikind to help eliminate false sanitation tickets has passed the NY State Assembly and now awaits approval of the NY State Senate. The proposed legislation will require DSNY agents to photograph and document the condition of a property at the time a sanitation ticket is issued.

Calling the bill “the antidote to bogus tickets,” Assemblyman Hikind proposed the legislation after proving that DSNY sanitation workers were purposely or carelessly issuing expensive tickets to his constituents and other New Yorkers. Three NYC Department of Sanitation agents were captured on surveillance video in Brooklyn issuing fraudulent tickets.

“Today, we’re one step closer to making the ticketing process for sanitation violations as fair as possible to homeowners and business owners,” said the Assemblyman.

The Hikind legislation will require sanitation agents to carry a mobile device that will allow them to take photographs with a time and date stamp of sanitation violations, and to upload the photos and accompanying summons to a central database.