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fromStreetsblog
1 week ago

City Gave Garbage Routes To Companies With Bad Safety Records: Audit - Streetsblog New York City

The Adams administration's much-delayed changes to the way commercial trash is collected aims to rein in the chaotic carting industry by reducing reckless driving and cutting truck mileage. But Lander's office raised serious qualms about how Mayor Adams has overseen the process. "By awarding contracts to bad actors with terrible safety records, the Department of Sanitation is undermining the goals of the program," Lander said in a statement. "The city must ... be willing to hold bad carters to higher standards to ensure this law actually improves the conditions for workers and our environment."
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fromGothamist
5 months ago

NYC's reforms to private trash pickup delayed until end of 2027

New York City's private trash hauling safety reforms face significant delays, with full implementation now expected by the end of 2027.
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