UPDATE: City Finally Removes Abandoned Car That Anonymous Greenpointer Turned into Art Statement
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An abandoned car is an eyesore — unless its art!
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Sanitation
Reform of Rogue Sanitation Companies Will Save Lives — And the Planet
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A new report to be issued today by the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition bolsters Brooklyn Council Member Antonio Reynoso's call to create exclusive zones where only a single trash company could operate and put an end to the current free-for-all of up to 50 private carters picking up trash in each neighborhood.
Will NYC Finally Get Garbage Out of Pedestrians’ Way?
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The departments of Sanitation and Transportation say they'll do something about it. But will their formal "request for expressions of interest" from community, industry and advocacy groups actually solve the problem?
Advocates: Reform Rogue Garbage Truck Companies Now!
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A coalition has a seven-point plan that goes much further than the de Blasio administration's current proposal.
Op-Ed: StreetsPAC Wants City’s Sanitation Overhaul to Go Further
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The political action committee supports the city’s proposed Commercial Waste Zone plan, but wants waste-hauling zones to be reserved for a single carter.
Sanitation Says it Will Fire Worker Who Killed Pedestrian [UPDATE]
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The city now says it will use an "administrative process" to fire the rogue employee.