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Cycle of Rage: Here’s Why Your Dead Christmas Tree Should Be in the Road, Not on the Sidewalk
The opposite of a heartwarming holiday story? It's the story of Barbara Hutson, who suffered two broken arms after she tripped on some Christmas trees that should have been in the road.
December 9, 2024
Adams Must Avoid Berlin Wall of Sidewalk Garbage Cans: Experts
The Adams administration's refusal to put containers in the street could clog sidewalks and thwart a promising policy initiative, according to a new report.
October 17, 2024
Garbage Company Involved in Fatal Crash Will Ply Streets of Eastern Queens, Too
The private garbage company whose truck driver struck and killed a Manhattan pedestrian on Thursday according to police has won the right to pick up trash in a wide swath of Southeast Queens, raising concern for safety there.
May 17, 2024
Waste Reforms Could Require Data on Crashes, Dangerous Driving
The proposal affects at least one trucking company with a deadly driving record.
May 7, 2024
‘White Whale’: Sanitation Launches Call for European-style Curbside Bins
The city's search for its first standard curbside trash container is officially underway, Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Friday.
March 8, 2024
Monday’s Headlines: Trash Talk from The NY Times Edition
The best story over the weekend was a long feature story in the Times about the "absurd" problem of trash collection in New York City.
March 4, 2024
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
