Corey dumps trash bill
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson shelved legislation Thursday that would lift the trash-truck caps as questions mounted over the bill, which environmentalists said would benefit a politically connected southeast Queens carting company.
The term-limited Johnson pulled the measure just an hour before sources said a vote was scheduled to take place.
It was a dramatic aboutface after he fast-tracked the bill, despite it having just one sponsor, the area’s equally termed-out local Councilman, I. Daneek Miller (D-Queens).
Johnson also made his now-reversed decision to move the bill even though Sanitation Committee chairman, Councilman Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn), is out of the country.
Council insiders pointed to Miller’s endorsement of Johnson’s failed comptroller bid as a likely explanation for the decision to move the bill despite significant initial pushback.
Johnson strongly disputed the charges Thursday.