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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
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
Clean Curbs Pilot ‘Not Scalable’ Citywide, Says DSNY Commish
The Department of Sanitation's test project to containerize trash pickup on one residential block won't work on a citywide level, the agency's chief said on Wednesday, so New York's Strongest will need a better strategy to clear Big Apple sidewalks of their notorious rubbish mountains.
March 15, 2023
Broad Coalition Demands Mayor Adams Properly Manage New York’s Busiest Places: The Curb
It's a popular front against "chaos at the curb."
May 19, 2022
IT’S A DRAW: CB7 Panel Passes ‘Parking’ Resolution, But ‘Consensus’ Must Be Had
Proposal to study whether private car storage is best uses of public space advances — at a price.
December 11, 2019
STREETFILMS: Letting Citizens Redesign Their Streets
What happened when an Amsterdam neighborhood removed 600 parking spots? Utopia!
September 11, 2019
City Abandons “Clear Curbs” Program That Reduced Traffic Congestion And Made Roosevelt Avenue Safer
A program that made Roosevelt Avenue safer gives way to local concern about lost business.
August 20, 2018
