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City Seeks All-Out Ban on Vendors on Every Bridge
The city seeks a "span ban" — thanks to vending overcrowding on the Brooklyn Bridge.
October 6, 2023
Adams Expands Trash Containerization, But Bins Will Still Crowd Pedestrian Space
Why are trash bins still going to be on the sidewalk? Better ask Status Quo about that!
September 19, 2023
First Trash of History: City Starts Containerized Garbage Collection In West Harlem
It's a small but important step to get rid of the Big Apple’s notorious 5-o'clock shadow of heaps of sidewalk trash.
September 15, 2023
Sanitation Ends Hells Kitchen Containerized Trash Pickup Pilot Early
These garbage containers must make way for the next generation of containers.
August 23, 2023
City’s New Trash Containerization Still Keeps Garbage in Pedestrians’ Way
Putting trash in containers is great for combatting rats, but "it's insulting" to pedestrians, said one of the city's foremost advocates.
June 28, 2023
Sanitation Restaurant Trash Plan Threatens to Gobble Up More Sidewalk: Advocates
New York City's already crowded sidewalks could get even more clogged under a new proposal to let restaurants leave trash cans out at all hours — spurring some advocates to call on the city to have eateries instead leave waste receptacles in the street.
May 25, 2023
ANALYSIS: Waste Containerization Will Be Big Lift, But Could Be Historic Change for Trash City
Mountains of trash, mountains of politics.
May 8, 2023
Sanitation: Trash Containerization Can Be Done With a Historic Reuse of Parking; Pilot to Start This Fall
The city can containerize its trash — and it will start testing that theory in Upper Manhattan.
May 3, 2023
Monday’s Headlines: The City’s ‘Shit’ Offensive Begins
Our investigative reporter, Jesse Coburn, will be on "The Brian Lehrer Show" on WNYC this morning. Plus news of the Department of Sanitation's new anti-litter offensive.
April 10, 2023
Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street Could Be Model for Trash Containerization: Report
The Vanderbilt Avenue open street in Brooklyn could become a blueprint for how the city can finally containerize its trash for collection, a new analysis reveals.
March 28, 2023
