Sep. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

New York City will soon be providing Queens home owners with a rebate check to cover the cost of the city’s official trash bins.

Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that the owners of one and two-family homes who receive Basic or Enhanced School Tax Relief (STAR or E-STAR) credits will receive a $59.30 check to cover the cost of their official NYC Bin.

The Adams Administration said checks will be arriving at homes across the city in the coming weeks, adding that homeowners do not have to do anything in order to receive them as the Department of Finance will be automatically sending them out.

The announcement comes after a lengthy stand-off between Adams and the City Council when his Hizzoner refused to sign legislation into law even after it passed the Ci

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