In a city that’s long been lauded for innovation, our trash-handling practices have been stubbornly antiquated, rising just a step above tossing garbage out a window to have it picked up by passing ...

An uptown Manhattan community board district is set to become the first in the city where trash containerization will be universally mandated under a plan rolled out by Mayor Adams on Thursday. Under ...

It turns out one neat trick can tackle the twin, unchecked plagues of New York City: cars and rats. A new Department of Sanitation report out on Wednesday finds that the city could move 89 percent of ...

If you’re a driver, the parking real estate is getting smaller and smaller out there. Mayor Zohran Mamdani the other day announced the next wave in the city’s garbage containerization program. Mamdani ...

NEW YORK-- A new plan to get piles of trash off the streets of the city and cut down on rats was unveiled Wednesday. But it comes with a price some New Yorkers may not want to pay. The streets of ...

New sanitation department rules could mean big fines for nonprofit groups that clean up numerous New York City blocks, city councilmembers write in a new letter. Every day, workers for business ...

A month after the launch of the contentious pilot program to containerize trash for larger residential buildings in District 7, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Sanitation Commissioner ...

There are several groups throughout the city that conduct supplementary sanitation services, including nonprofit ACE group that employs about 165 people citywide to clean up public litter. A new ...

Rats are a big problem in New York City -- and, according to city officials, bags of trash are a big reason why. With this in mind, Mayor Eric Adams revealed on Tuesday the next step of his war ...

The city’s plan to combat rats may gnaw at drivers. A program to curb the Big Apple’s booming rat population with new trash containers could eliminate 150,000 parking spots — more than the city’s ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced in mid-April that trash containerization would be implemented in six new districts across New York City after the success of a pilot program in West Harlem. The city is ...