2,500 Tons of Debris and Counting
The city is waiting to hear just how much in federal funds it will receive to help cover the $24.5 million cost of cleaning up damage from September's 16th's tornadoes.Parks Comissioner Adrian Benepe...
View ArticleSnow Topples Gravestones -- and Sanitation Is Blamed
The blizzard may be long over but the damage and bad PR keeps on coming. Ned Berke at Sheepshead Bites brings to our attention the matter of dozens of gravestones that were toppled in Brooklyn, after a...
View ArticleHalloran's Abominable Snow Story
When New York City Council Member Dan Halloran announced that the city’s poor response to last month’s blizzard was the result of an intentional slow down by sanitation workers, we had a chance to see...
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Occupying Wall Street and Trying to Be a Good Neighbor
As the occupation of Wall Street rolls into another week, protesters say they are doing their best to reduce their impact on the surrounding neighborhood. But sanitation, noise and the extensive police...
View ArticleBloomberg Tells Protesters Zuccotti Park Needs Cleaning
Mayor Michael Bloomberg went to Zuccotti Park Wednesday to tell protesters that the park would be cleaned on Friday morning.Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway said the cleaning "will be done in...
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NYC Mayor Stuck On "Shame Stickers"
An example of the "shame sticker." (Photo by Kilgub via Flickr)(New York -- Kathleen Horan, WNYC) Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he plans to veto legislation that would put an end to the Sanitation...
View ArticleCity Makes it Easier to Reuse Old Rags
Discarded textiles, such as clothes and towels, represent more than 7 percent of the city's waste stream. But there's been an effort underway to decrease the amount thrown away.'Re-Fashion', a new...
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SLIDESHOW: How We Rounded Up NYC's Abandoned Bikes and Wrangled Them Back to...
TN has been reporting on New York City's abandoned bikes -- and, with your help, mapping their locations. (Full coverage.)Now the project is becoming art: it's evolving into an abandoned bike exhibit,...
View ArticleThey Do Windows
New Yorker contributor Adam Higginbotham talked with some of Manhattan's window washers about the state of the art technology used to clean skyscrapers for his article in this week's issue.Required...
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City Launches Recycling Pilot Program for Public Spaces
Times Square now has 30 solar-powered trash and recycling stations that compact waste and even send wireless signals to alert workers when cans need to be emptied. The neighborhood produces 900 bags of...
View ArticleForget the Constitution?; Stop & Frisk Case; Garbage Heroes
Ohio Senator Rob Portman has announced that he changed his mind and now supports gay marriage because his son is gay. We open the phone lines to hear about how personal empathy shapes public policy...
View ArticleWhat Goes Around: NYC Recycles Plastic, Metal & Glass
Ron Gonen, NYC's first-ever deputy commissioner of sanitation, recycling, and sustainability, joins us weekly in April to talk about recycling in NYC. This week: news that the city will now recycle all...
View ArticleAlan Alda; Our American Revolution; They Might Be Giants
Today's show is a best-of, so we won't be taking any calls. But the comments page is always open!Actor Alan Alda talks about his career and his interest in science and medicine – particularly dyslexia....
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Occupying Wall Street and Trying to Be a Good Neighbor
As the occupation of Wall Street rolls into another week, protesters say they are doing their best to reduce their impact on the surrounding neighborhood. But sanitation, noise and the extensive police...
View ArticleBloomberg Tells Protesters Zuccotti Park Needs Cleaning
Mayor Michael Bloomberg went to Zuccotti Park Wednesday to tell protesters that the park would be cleaned on Friday morning.Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway said the cleaning "will be done in...
View ArticleCity Makes it Easier to Reuse Old Rags
Discarded textiles, such as clothes and towels, represent more than 7 percent of the city's waste stream. But there's been an effort underway to decrease the amount thrown away.'Re-Fashion', a new...
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City Launches Recycling Pilot Program for Public Spaces
Times Square now has 30 solar-powered trash and recycling stations that compact waste and even send wireless signals to alert workers when cans need to be emptied. The neighborhood produces 900 bags of...
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New Sanitation Chief: UES Garbage Facility Is Moving Forward
The new sanitation commissioner says she's ready to meet with the opponents of a key part of the city's Solid Waste Management Plan.The group Pledge 2 Protect has been protesting the proposed East 91...
View ArticleTwo Uniformed Unions Ratify City Contracts
Two uniformed officer unions have ratified new contracts union leaders and City Hall confirmed Thursday. Members of the unions for NYPD Captains and Sanitation Chiefs approved tentative deals announced...
View ArticleThe Moist Towelette Museum Is A Thing
Dan talks to the curator of the Moist Towelette Museum about the best way to use them and what makes an especially great one. Then Dan and his friend Mark Garrison debate cloth vs. paper napkins,...
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