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The Bloomberg administration said that Brookfield Properties will clean Zuccotti Park and let the Occupy Wall Street protesters stay.

The city has added 70 new electric vehicles to its fleet, which is the largest in the country.

A new initiative to clean uptown streets will be announced Monday night.

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

Residents will head to Asphalt Green on Wednesday to put up a stink against trash facility planned for East 91st Street.

The Department of Transportation said it would work with Community Board 12 to implement safety changes to the area.

City officials will kick off a pilot program expanding Greenmarket food scrap collection sites at Union Square on Friday.

More than 50 garbage men refused to begin work Friday, protesting conditions at a Midtown sanitation garage.

The ghosts of Christmas trees past linger on East 80th Street between Second and Third avenues.

A half-block wall on E. 13th St. has weathered graffiti for years and could benefit from a mural, police say.

Eric Pagan, 20, reportedly dropped 10 feet through a subway grate while he was clearing snow in front of a city garage.

Federal investigators will determine if Department of Sanitation workers conspired to undermine clean-up efforts.

The probes are looking into a possible work slowdown by sanitation and transportation workers.

Alternate side parking has been suspended through Friday to help with the garbage collection efforts.

The Department of Sanitation began limited trash collection on Monday but on Tuesday garbage was still piled high.