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CDC releases list of 2024's least sanitary cruise ships: Have you been on one?
The lowest score a ship received was '62' out of '10ź§0' per the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program.
Adamš°s to name permanent NYPD commissioner soon as sanitation boss emerges as frontrunner
Tisch's ascension to top cop isn't yet a done deal, as sources said Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce his deciܫsion on police commissioner next week.
New York's electeds need to focus on real problems, not composting
ą¼ŗ The progs in power need to deal with migrants and crime before they can crediābly claim we need to worry about food scraps.
NYC ex-litterers among volunteers for 'Adopt Your Spot' clean-ups: 'Someone has to pick it up'
š· Down-and-dirty New Yorkers are bagging everything from beer bottles to strollers -- to even the kitchen sink -- as part of a volunteer āAdopt Your Spotāā program to clean up...
Orthodox Jews trash NYC Sanitationļ·½ Department over garbage drop-off rules they say conflict with sabbath
Orthodox Jews who observe the sabbath are telling the city šSanitation Department to can it when it comes to its stricter evening curbside garbage drop-offs.
19-year NYC Sanitation vet killed while working in āQueens š¹
Ā āHe did it proudly. I ask allš New Yorź§kers to pray for his family,ā DSNY Commissioner Tisch said.
It's NYC's stinkiest summer in years with complaints soaring ā and here's why
Itās the Big Appleās stinkiest summer in years because the cityās been hit by three heat waves with record-setting humidity ā simmering street trash in sauna-like air and sending ź¦out...
NYC hit with trash talk after FINALLY requiring small residenštial buildings to buy $50 official garbage bins š
"We are only catching up to š»what other municipalities around the globe are currently doing," Adams said.
šÆ š What happens when you accidentally throw away jewelry, cashāeven lottery ticketsāin NYC
Didn't mean to throw something out with the garbage? The Departmentš² of Sanitation recommends getting a "trash buddy."
NYź§C Sanitation Chief Jessica Tisch seeks $13M for her Upper East Side duplex
ź¦ The head of the cityās Sanitation Department is looking to clean up on her āposh three-bedroom Upper East duplex, by putting it in the market for cool $13 million.
'Absurd' NYC Council bill would let street vendors hawk in middle of sidewalks: 'Radical change'
A new City CouncilšÆ bill would allow street vendors to set up shop in the middle of sidewalks ā and even block competitors ā potentially creatingš§ all sorts of chaos,...
Mysterious foul stench plagues tony NYC neighborhood that smells 'like feces or something dead'
āIt smells like sewage - poop and pee mixed together,ā one local said of the stench emanating from the busy street corner. š°
Brooklyn pizzeria owner spent $60K of his own money to pick up street trashļ·½ź¦ after city failed to
Sean šFeeney, who owns Brooklyn's Fini Pizza, has spent $60,000 of his own money on 50 neighborhood garbage cans and private trash pick-up.
š¹ ā Eric Adams plays both hero and villain ā but loses public trust in the process
Mayor Adams has been plagued by a stubborn opponent who thwarts his every initiative and contradicts his every pāublic statement. That stubborn opponent is: Mayor Adams.
Adams trasź§hes cuts to park litter baskets in another surprise budgeāt slash rollback
Tāhe Department of Sanitation will no longer remove nearly 40% of all cans throughout the Big Apple come July, reversing a budgš¦et cut.
12 injš²ured when MTA bus crashes into NYC sanitation truck in theš® Bronx: cops
The MTA bus T-boned the garbage truck at the intersection of Hunts Point Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard in Longwood, police said. ā
Eric šÆAdams needs to cut budget fat, not cops, to avoid fiscal disļæ½ļæ½aster
Mayor Eric Adams is planning to reduce the number of cops to early 1990s level as š„part of budget cuts needed thanks in large paą¦rt to the migrant crisis, but...
City kicks out makeshift, migrant-friendly 'trailer park' near Bronx Little League
The 26 motor homes and camping trailers that languished along Allerton and Bruner Avenues near Astor Little League in Baychester were removed by the NYPD and city Department of š Sanitation...
Bronx Little Leagšŗue field surrounded by trailer park that houses migrants
More than two dozen motor homes, camping trailers and even a converted school bus -- many of which appear inoperable -- languish along Allerton and Bruner Avenues near Astor šøLittle...
NYC flooded with nearly 32K trash complaints ā worst offender isš· this zip code
āš„There is a gaā¦rbage can right there, and they just throw it in the street. These low-lives! These idiots donāt care!ā raged one man about his neighbors.