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Sanitation Department

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New Dorp Beach

November 04, 2012

Sanitation Worker Shocked by Downed Wire on Storm-Ravaged Staten Island

Michael Lewery was shocked Sunday morning in New Dorp Beach, one of the areas worst hit by Sandy.

Mott Haven

May 16, 2012

Mott Haven Food Pantry Overflows With Rotten Vegetables, Neighbors Say

Hungry residents are forced to find edible vegetables among boxes of rotting produce, residents say.

New York City

May 09, 2012

Dead Workers' Families Stole $400K in City Pension Cash, Investigators Say

A city Department of Investigation report found eight people wrongly collected city pension funds.

Lower East Side & East Village

February 10, 2012

Sanitation Worker Caught Stealing iPad from East Village Cafe, Police Say

Michael Maldonado was charged with petit larceny for stealing an iPad from Cafe Cortadito, police said.

Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen

November 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Turned Away Trying to Retrieve Belongings

City officials said Occupy Wall Street protesters would be able to pick their belongings up on Tuesday, but then turned people away.

Downtown

June 22, 2011

Sugarcane Cafeteria Trays Help Battery Park City School Go Green

P.S. 89 has cut its lunchtime waste by more than half since switching to the sugarcane trays.

Harlem

April 29, 2011

East Harlem Kids Reclaim Trash-Strewn Lot

For Arbor Day, the kids at Harlem RBI's Dream Charter School plant wildflowers in a lot once littered with garbage.

Manhattan

April 14, 2011

Trees Cut Down to Make Way For SoHo Sanitation Garage

A handful of trees surrounding the construction site of a $500 million sanitation garage were removed.

Manhattan

March 15, 2011

City Plan to Raze Trees for Sanitation Garage Infuriates Local Celebs

Five trees on Washington Street would come down under the city's plan to build a $500 million sanitation garage.

Washington Heights & Inwood

February 17, 2011

Upper Manhattanites Wade Through Dog Poop-Lined Streets

Inwood and Washington Heights residents say their streets are minefields of doggie doo.

Washington Heights & Inwood

February 15, 2011

Trash Piles Revealed on Inwood Streets as Snow Melts

Mounds of trash are being revealed on the sidewalks of 207th Street, one of Inwood's busiest commercial corridors.

Manhattan

December 31, 2010

City to Resume Garbage Pick Up Monday

Garbage pick up is set to resume on Monday, one week after a blizzard dumped 20 inches of snow on the city.

Manhattan

October 04, 2010

Downtown Residents File Appeal to Block Sanitation Garage

Celebrities including James Gandolfini have opposed construction of the $500 million garage on Spring Street.