New York City Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez was joined by other city politicos and environmental activists in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to introduce legislation that would require corporate-owned fast casual restaurants to offer customers reusable food packaging.
Velázquez — who represents Bronx Council District 13 and is the chair of the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection — said during the press conference the legislation is taking a meaningful step to reduce the amount of single-use plastics in landfills throughout New York City, and change the way the city does takeout.
