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Article: The Insider.(carters oppose the rate cap in New York city)(New York Public Interest Research Group and the League of Women Voters of New York State oppose the use of touch-screen voting machines)(Joseph Crowley recommended to be assigned to the House Ways and Means Committee)
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- Crain's New York Business
- Article date:
- November 27, 2006
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Byline: Erik Engquist and Anne Michaud
Carters frustrated on rate cap
City officials gave themselves a raise recently, and the companies that haul away commercial trash want one, too. But they aren't likely to get it any time soon.
The city recently rejected every proposal to study changes to caps on carters' rates, setting back their hopes for a phaseout.
"Carters are very disappointed at the glacial pace this process is going,'' says their lobbyist, David Biderman.
The city's caps date back to a time when businesses were being gouged by a mob-connected carting cartel. Rates have been capped at $12.20 per cubic yard since ...