Yellow controls 10% of the LTL business. With a shutdown likely, here is what is likely to happen across the supply chain in real-time. freightwaves.com/news/how-a-yel…

Keep your trash lidded and the rats stay hidden. Starting 8/1, ALL food-related businesses’ trash for pick-up MUST be secured in a bin with a lid. Here’s everything you need to know about these new rules to combat the rats and Get Stuff Clean: nyc.gov/UseBins

New York small businesses and non-profits can apply for $150K loan under new state effort - via Staten Island Advance/SILive.com silive.com/business/2023/…

Strike at trucking firm Yellow averted after deal: reuters.com/business/autos…

💥“WE’VE CHANGED THE GAME”: TEAMSTERS WIN HISTORIC UPS CONTRACT💥 Today, the #Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide. #1u

Meet our other Movers & Shakers featured company from our district! P.A.I. Trucking Corporation, established in 1981, is family owned and delivers smart solutions for complex logistics challenges... gatewayjfk.org/newsletter/pai…

Run a food-related business like a restaurant, grocery store or bodega? New rules starting Aug. 1 require you to use a lidded bin for your trash & food waste to keep our streets clean. Have questions? Join our free trainings! Get details and sign up at nyc.gov/UseBins.

Trucker Yellow is preparing a bankruptcy filing, heightening the threat that one of the nation’s largest freight carriers will shut down as customers abandon a cash crunch and tough union negotiations. on.wsj.com/3DtWHKu via The Wall Street Journal

We ❤️ containers! When businesses use lidded trash containers like these at a hotel in Chinatown, rats can’t get their meal and sidewalks stay clean. Win-win! That's why starting August 1, bins will be REQUIRED for food-related businesses. Get info: nyc.gov/UseBins.

It's time to SKIP THE STUFF, NYC! No more plastic forks, ketchup packets and piles and piles of napkins gathering in our kitchen junk drawers, just waiting their turn to...end up in the trash. New rules start July 31. Learn more: nyc.gov/skipthestuff.

To reduce mosquito activity and the risk of West Nile virus, we will be treating areas of Queens on Thursday, August 3, between 8:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following morning: on.nyc.gov/43RDKMJ

Construction of on-airport construction support facility at JFK will begin. This facility is expected to reduce the impact of airport construction on neighboring communities: gatewayjfk.org/newsletter/on-…

The warehousing market isn't following the script when it comes to supply, demand and pricing. wsj.com/articles/why-w… via The Wall Street Journal

Today marks the first morning commute since toll hikes took effect at MTA bridges and tunnels. Elijah Westbrook explains how much you'll have to pay, and what other increases are on the horizon: cbsloc.al/44Xs8Ju

"The fate of the loan is not yet clear. The federal government assumed a 30 percent equity stake in Yellow in exchange for the loan. It could end up assuming or trying to sell off much of the company’s fleet of trucks" - The New York Times

International travel is giving New York airports a jolt ow.ly/5UvQ104QHyC

"Airlines that have reduced their flight schedules into New York’s congested airports to help limit gridlock this summer will be allowed to continue doing so without facing penalties."

BQE Weigh-In-Motion Webinar: NYC DOT will engage freight industry to increase awareness of automated WIM enforcement system. The sensors installed on the roadway are synced with license plate cameras. Join stakeholders-Fri, 8/18 from 9:30-11:00 AM. bit.ly/3s7EoZb

Thank you @nycspeakeradams for checking up on these projects and initiatives that directly effect the businesses and residents of our district! The roadways in/out of JFK and the opportunities for jobs and contracts during redevelopment are vital to our membership.

Service Alert: There WILL BE trash/compost pickup on Monday, Labor Day - 9/4!