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No More Menus!

The Sustainable Flatbush blog has a piece on New York's new No Lawn Litter Law, an alliterative piece of legislation that is aimed to stop the accumulation of menus, handbills, circulars, fliers and the like outside of your home. The full text of the law can be seen here, but basically what it means is that if you put up a sign saying you don't want unsolicited advertising material on your property, they are supposed to stop leaving stuff. If they don't comply you fill out a complaint form and the offenders are subject to fines.

The city has a free downloadable sign here (pdf) and the complaint forms here.



Note: If you live in a multiple family dwelling, like an apartment building, you have to get the owner's permission to put up the sign, and they have to fill out the complaint forms.

—Mikki