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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
Tuesday’s Headlines: This is What Pro-Car Policies Look Like Edition
On Monday, New York dug out from the weekend storm. Or, correct that: pedestrians, cyclists, bus riders and the disabled dug out from the storm and car drivers went about their merry way. Plus other news.
February 1, 2022
Streetsblog Gets Action: That Derelict Car in Harlem Has Finally Been Removed
Going ... going ... gone.
January 18, 2022
Check Out This Abandoned Car in Harlem!
Slow news day? Why not head to Harlem and check out the burnt-out abandoned vehicle in front of Assembly Member Al Taylor's office?
January 17, 2022
Monday’s Headlines: DSNY on Ice Edition
When the snow started falling on Friday, we were poised more discrimination of cyclists by the Department of Sanitation. But we were pleasantly surprised. Plus other news from the weekend.
January 10, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Sanitation Commissioner to Cyclists: ‘We Will Do Better This Winter’
"It's going to be better — 100 percent," Sanitation Commissioner Ed Grayson told Streetsblog, though he admitted that the agency is holding onto its old script of not clearing bike lanes and pedestrian crossings until all roads are cleared for drivers.
November 23, 2021
