Re: NYC sanitation department looks at trash collection policy to curb rat, traffic issues

[Another Democrat State Failure]

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> Pelosi says that it is justly deserved because New Yorkers vote Democrat.

Nothing gets New Yorkers steamed like traffic woes and close
encounters with the native wildlife -- a.k.a. rats. Now the city
is considering changes to trash pickup rules that could affect
both.

The department says it's "strongly considering" requiring
individual black trash bags to be placed outside after 8 p.m.
The city will pick the bags up during overnight hours to
minimize time on the street.

"New Yorkers put millions of pounds of trash and recycling on
the street starting at 4pm – right as the evening rush is
getting underway – and then it stays out, serving as a nightclub
for rats and other pests, until it’s collected. Well soon, we’re
going to try to shut the club down," the department said in a
statement.

Carve-outs under consideration would apply to most commercial
and residential buildings.

Residential building owners would be permitted to put their
trash out at 6 p.m., to conform to daytime maintenance staffing,
as long as they place the trash in a bin with a secure lid.

Businesses would be permitted to put their trash out in the hour
before closing for the day, to minimize staffing disruption, as
long as the trash is also in bins with secure lids. For many
businesses, that would be in the 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. hour

For their part, the sanitation department will shift to picking
up more trash in the midnight to 8 a.m. shift, prioritizing the
single bags. That will also help get the sanitation vehicles off
the roads earlier, easing street traffic during the morning
commute.

The aim is for residents, particularly those using individual
black bags, to try to put their trash out later at night and for
sanitation to try to pick it up earlier in the morning, which
will help ease the rats and the traffic concurrently.

The Rent Stabilization Association, which represents 25,000
owners of more than 1 million apartments in the five boroughs,
told ABC News the policy will likely not eliminate the rat issue
entirely.

“This is not going to alleviate the city's rat problem," a
spokesperson for the association said. "Rats aren't on a feeding
schedule.”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/nyc-sanitation-department-trash-
collection-policy-curb-rats/story?id=87626137