Mayor Adams Announces Arrests for Unlawful Waste Hauling on JFK Airport Construction Project
Channel: NYC Mayor's Office
Date: 2022-07-27

MAYOR ADAMS, BIC COMMISSIONER CROTTY ANNOUNCE ARRESTS RELATED TO UNLAWFUL WASTE HAULING ACTIVITY ON JFK AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
 
Three Construction Companies Accused of Operating Waste Hauling Business Without BIC Registration
 
Arrests Coordinated in Partnership with NYPD, Queens DA, and Office of the Inspector General for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Business Integrity Commission (BIC) Commissioner and Chair Elizabeth Crotty, the Office of Inspector General for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PAOIG), and Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that three companies have been charged with unlawful waste hauling in connection with construction work to modernize John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport. The three companies involved in this investigation — LMC Trucking Corp., Ferreira Construction Co. Inc., and Bond Civil & Utility Construction, Inc. — all lack the BIC license or registration that is required in order to operate as a waste hauler in New York City.

BIC — the city agency charged with regulating the commercial waste hauling or “trade waste” industry — even previously denied the application for a waste hauling registration of LMC Trucking Corp. The company’s application was denied in 2020 on the grounds that the company falsely represented who operated the entity in its application to BIC, conducted trade waste-related business with members of organized crime, and defrauded a trade waste union by paying employees in cash and failing to pay union benefits. The company’s continued operation of its trade waste business in defiance of BIC’s denial led to the arrest and related charges.  

Operating a trade waste business without a BIC license or registration is punishable by imprisonment of up to six months and a criminal fine of up to $10,000 for unlicensed activity, or $5,000 for unregistered activity for each day of violation. 

This enforcement operation furthers BIC’s mission of keeping criminality and corruption out of the trade waste industry. 
 
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July 27, 2022