With NYC's bumpy return to life comes the resurgence of street trash cans with piles of garbage spilling out—and city leaders are pushing the Adams admin. to restore more than $106M in funding to sanitation cut by former Mayor de Blasio amid the pandemic.
“We get a lot of foot traffic both from tourists, to office workers, to New Yorkers from elsewhere in the city – particularly on the weekends with tourists and visitors from elsewhere in the city," Bottcher said. “And when people walk around, they put trash in the corner baskets. And what we've seen is that the number of pickups aren't frequent enough to keep up with the amount of trash that's being put in those baskets.
According to Bottcher, before the pandemic, Manhattan was served by an average of 736 Sanitation trucks. In 2020, that was cut to 272 trucks — and service is currently still lower than normal, with 440 trucks working in the borough. “All litter baskets across the city are serviced regularly — some even multiple times per day — and we are grateful to Council Members who allocate discretionary funds for additional pickup,” said spokesperson Vincent Gragnani in an email statement. “The Department of Sanitation is proud of our work removing 12,000 tons of trash and recycling every day to keep our city safe and clean, including during the worst days of the pandemic.
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