Iam writing to urge the assembly to please get legislation to the floor to address the crisis of redemption centers and New York's bottle deposit system.

Please understand that choosing the path of zero action results in consumers being robbed by New York State and billionaire beverage companies. For every deposit a consumer cannot claim, the state and beverage industry get to keep it.

Legislators are well aware of the suppressed handling fee (pay) redemption centers are receiving, the increasing expenses they are suffering (most of which is handed down by New York State), and that it is causing mass closures of these crucial businesses.

This is causing consumers to lose access to deposit money they are mandated to pay and promised the ability to get back. But consumers can't simply get

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