Yesterday, YWN posted a request from Boro Park Askanim about unwanted circulars which are being delivered weekly to homes in Boro Park (Story HERE). We had asked all BP residents to please call the company responsible for the distribution of these circulars.
Today, Dov Hikind gave YWN the following statement about unwanted circulars:
“After years of trying to get this outrageous problem solved, we are going to get our homes back,” said Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) applauding the passage of A09450 and S6477. As was reported on YWN in July ’07 (HERE), Hikind, who has tirelessly advocated for the passage of a bill to prohibit the proliferation of unwanted circulars and advertising on private property hailed the bill which would empower a New York City agency to fine distributors penalties of $250 to $1000.
“As a homeowner you should have the right to refuse to have these circulars clutter your entryway. And now you do. The owner of a property now has the authority to post a sign indicating that he or she does not wish to have unsolicited advertisements, fliers, handbills and the like placed on their property. You won’t have to dodge the maddening and frustrating collection of junk that you never asked for and never wanted, accumulated on your doorstep. We are sending a message to distributors, Stop using our homes to dump your stuff. The bill will not affect newspapers or political material.
“The proliferation of unsolicited circulars and advertising materials has gotten completely out of hand. There is an avalanche of these printed items which has become a menace for homeowners. There are several deliveries per week of these bagged circulars and just keeping ahead of the litter they create has become impossible. And then in the snow and the rain, the plastic bags pose a real hazard.
“On private property, a homeowner should have the right to refuse the material, and this bill returns that right.”
NOTE: Although the bill was passed in the Senate and Assembly, and is currently awaiting the signature of Governor Spitzer.
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If I put one news story with the fliers is it now a newspaper?
besides the indecent pictures,mess we have to put up with,worrying to have it in recycling etc., etc. we have to worry about these unsavory characters who get to know the neighborhood and each house and know inhabitants when they come and go…i leave the rest to your imagination…like planning such incidents that happened this week (see YW jan 22 12:30 pm esthttp://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/13935/12:30PM+EST:+Boro+Park:+Home+Invasion+By+Masked+Robbers.html. SO its a matter of saftey for the neighborhood too…
rats! how am i gonna know whats on sale at best buy, circuit city or sears?
1) “The bill will not affect political material” – It should. It is still our private houses.
2) Pass a bill that mandates on public property how soon before an election a sign can go up and how quickly they have to be taken down. build in some hefty fines.
if you think circulars at your doorstep are bad,
Paperific has started FAXING advertisements to me.
I now have the pleasure of not only disposing of
their (unreadable) advertisement, but also of paying
for the paper and toner…..how low can they go?!?
This is very simple. The city should repeal the stupid laws and allow people to throw out the stuff. If the libs were really concerned about the environment, they would STOP these people from wasting paper etc!
Even worse than these fliers are the endless phone calls for a Chinese auction or yeshiva dinner or collecting x,y,z Mosad, etc. It’s gotten totally out of hand. Now I get calls at 11PM when everyone is asleep. It’s mamash a chutzpah. It has to stop!
#3 – You don’t have to opt out. You can still get all the garbage you like. Hope you can keep up with the mess before Sanitation starts ticketing.
#5 – Without referring to individual advertisements, you can always opt-out. Tell an advertiser you don’t want a call, fax, or email, and they have to comply. (Except for “political material”, once again.)
Yasher Koach, Mr. Hikind! But I’ll express my thanks personally the next time I’m out when you’re performing Kibbud Aim (in your gracious and patient manner.)
#3 APIKOROS
i can’t believe that someone thinks calling himself an apikoros is cute.it’s the nun shaar tumah ,it’s no olam haba,it’s..it’s…..too many and to painful to continue.
1) “The bill will not affect political material” – It should. It is still our private houses.
— mdlevine (#4)
I agree but politicians always like to exempt themselves from the rules they impose on others.
It reminds me of the spam I get from State Senator Thomas Morahan, in which he once promised some new state law to prevent spammers from filling our inboxes. I’m not sure if the law passed (and I hope it was), but the hypocrisy was amazing.
I get those circulars here in Flatbush. I like these circulars and use them for shopping in the week after getting the circulars. These circulars come in a white plastic bag and is very neat. If you don’t want them its very easy to throw them out. I would not do anything to stop these circulars. They definitely help one with their shopping.
Political and religious material, and solicitations from charities, are strictly protected by the first amendment, so they can’t interfere with them.
Just keeping the circulars away is not going to make Boro Park look any cleaner. If people would care more about the cleanliness of their property by not throwing down any garbage and teaching their kids not to throw any garbage on the floor (even in shul) and not allowing the posters (sometimes 15 high) on the polls which end up on the streets especially after a rain.
Where are the good old days when people took pride in their property and would hose down their sidewalks and teir garbage cans when they got a smell (especially in the summer).
The Sanitation people see that WE don’t care therefore why should THEY.