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TRASH TALK: Advocates Warn Against Further Delays on Commercial Waste Zones
They don't trust them as far as they can throw them.
May 2, 2022
City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs
A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?
April 21, 2022
Tuesday’s Headlines: Today’s Shiny Object Edition
Yes, we're just like cats. And on Monday, the shiny new object grabbing our attention was the fact that we have a new Sanitation Commissioner making promises left and right. Plus other news.
April 19, 2022
Times Square Business Group Pilots Street Trash Enclosures
The "Clean Curbs" program arrives as the Times Square Alliance looks to rid sidewalks of leaky, smelly garbage bags at the Crossroads of the the World.
April 19, 2022
NEW BROOM: Sanitation Boss Restores Full Street Sweeping and Commits to Bike Lane Cleaning
The city will restore full street sweeping, ending the de Blasio administration's Covid-era reduction in alternate-side-of-the-street parking that led to filthier streets as entitled drivers frequently didn't bother to move their cars.
April 18, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Ed Grayson, We Hardly Knew Ye Edition
We bring you live to the retirement party for Sanitation Commissioner Ed Grayson. Plus all the day's news.
April 15, 2022
Got Commercial Trash? The Sanitation Department Has $20K for Your Project
The city will spend an almost infinitesimal amount of money on a problem with monumental repercussions.
April 11, 2022
Mayor Adams in Heap of Trouble Over Composting Cuts
One day after Hizzoner gutted the city's fairly small residential composing program, a Manhattan pol introduced a bill that would require the city to collect organic materials from every single residential address in town.
February 17, 2022
Hearing Day: Could Fees for Outdoor Dining Lead to Proper Pricing of City’s Curbs?
The DOT envisions charging for space now given away in the Open Restaurant program. But its piecemeal approach shows the need for public space management.
February 9, 2022
FOR PEDS’ SAKE: City Must Take Over Sidewalk and Curb Clearance, Pols Say
A growing chorus of local electeds is demanding that rules be changed to require the city, presumably the Department of Sanitation, to remove snow from sidewalks and pedestrian curb zones, a responsibility that now belongs to property owners.
February 2, 2022
