NEW YORK (AP) – If you’re outraged by the menus and supermarket, drugstore and other circulars left on your doorstep, then you should love a new proposal from New York City Councilman Simcha Felder.

The Democratic councilman, whose district includes parts of Brooklyn, has introduced legislation that would make it illegal to distribute menus, circulars and fliers to homes and apartment buildings that display a sign indicating promotional materials are unwanted.

Mr. Felder’s bill calls for a fine of at least $50 for distributors that leave them anyway.

“This drives people out of their minds,” said Felder, referring to complaints from his constituents, mostly homeowners, in the Midwood, Borough Park and Bensonhurst neighborhoods. “You have no control over it. People are livid. If I’m responsible for the cleanliness of my property I should also have the authority to decide whether I receive the junk or not. You shouldn’t have to be responsible for cleaning up someone else’s garbage.”

Mr. Felder said the accumulation forces property owners to clean it up or risk getting a summons from the Department of Sanitation, like the $100 summons his mother, a Midwood resident, received this year. It also poses a security risk as mounds of circulars tell would-be burglars that residents might be out of town, he said.

“This is something plaguing people throughout the city,” Mr. Felder said. “I’m not interested in building up or destroying anyone’s business. I’m interested in making sure people don’t drive me nuts with their garbage.”