Tag: DSNY
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Talking Trash
NY Magazine’s Intelligencer has a great interview with the head of NYC’s DSNY. Jessica Tish answers it all below: I want to read you a quote from a Streetsblog article that came out in March of last year: “In conversations with policy experts, architects, elected officials, and former city workers, one word came up repeatedly to describe…
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Recycle Old Paint
The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) is collaborating with PaintCare, a nonprofit stewardship program providing sites for households and businesses to recycle unwanted paint, stain, and varnish all year round. Find a drop-off site near you at paintcare.org/drop-off-sites. There’s no charge to drop off accepted products at PaintCare’s participating sites! The fee you paid at the time…
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Juneteenth March/Run/Walk/Roll
JuneteenthMarch.org Engineering the Next Generation: Students Wanted Sector Charlie – Build the Block Residents & Business Owners of Sector Charlie! Join Neighborhood Coordination Officers Lau & Hackeling for their Build the Block on Mar. 16 at 5pm, @ 85 East 125 Street. Not sure this is your sector? Visit http://ow.ly/iUc250MZFC2 & type in your address…
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DSNY Says No
At our January HNBA meeting, the issue of increased street trash on our streets was raised. That week, we reached out to DSNY’s Community Affairs Liason, and asked if a DSNY representative could attend our March HNBA meeting. No answer came. Today we sent a 2nd email, and received this message back: Good afternoon, I…
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How To Get Rid Of Stuff?
Not Sure How To Get Rid Of Your Stuff? Paint, batteries, electronics—even clothing—there’s always something we don’t need taking up valuable space. Some items can live a second life with someone else, or may need to be safely disposed. We can help! Visit nyc.gov/HowToGetRidOf and use our search tool to find your disposal options. If you didn’t receive our…
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Criminal Background Checks
New York City Council bill 632 – a “local law prohibiting housing discrimination on the basis of arrest record or criminal history” – if passed, will prohibit owners, managers and brokers from inquiring about criminal record information in rentals, leases, subleases, or occupancy agreements at any stage in the rental application process in New York…
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The Worst Subway Stations
The MTA’s customers have spoken. Harlem and East Harlem have some of the dirtiest stations, with the most open drug use on the platforms, and begging in the mezzanine. https://new.mta.info/document/95531 In the spring survey of MTA riders, Harlem riders expressed frustration that their departure stations looked so much worse than the ones they exited. Get…
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Uptowner Reports on CB11 and DSNY
Jessica Elliott, chair of the environment, open spaces and parks committee for Community Board 11 in East Harlem, argues that the neighborhood is oversaturated with sanitation facilities. It also hosts a garage for Manhattan District 10, the Manhattan Cleaning Lot and various parking lots. The lot on East 123rd Street is taking up land that the city…
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How ‘Chainy’ is Harlem?
An interesting map that looks at how much of a chain a given restaurant is. The national dataset shows which communities have independent restaurants and which ones are saturated by chains. In Manhattan, the ‘chainiest’ neighborhood I noticed was around 34th Street: By comparison, Harlem has chains but they aren’t the dominant kind of restaurant:…
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Don’t Want Guns In Our Community?
Celebrate Alternate Side Parking Who knew? While everyone, even disgruntled drivers, acknowledges that the return to twice a week alternate side parking reduces the trash on our streets, reduces the rat population, and adds to community pride, who knew that it also impacts the presence of guns in our community? While alternate side parking may…
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Getting Rid of Stuff
DSNY wants us all to: Buy less stuff Donate/give it to someone who’d use it Recycle it Throw it out responsibly And, to accomplish this, they’ve produced a pamphlet highlighting what can be recycled, composted, and donated. On their website ‘how to get rid of…’ you can type in the thing you’d like to get…
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Uptown Grand Central
Wanna talk trash with us? The NYC Department of Sanitation will roll with resources for a community cleanup this Saturday, July 30, from 12-2 p.m. DSNY will bring their van full of brooms, trashcans and trash-pickers — and we’ll have the chance to not only pitch in, but talk trashcans and basket collection with Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala. Plus learn about needle pickup & the…
