“This is the city’s plan: you all have to come to Times Square and drop your stuff here,” activist Christine Berthlet joked about the unveiling of new rat-proof waste bins. “We have two containers for eight million people.”
Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch touts the city's new trash containerization effortMayor Eric Adams pledged to move forward with a long-stalled effort to move the heaps of trash blocking the city’s sidewalks into secure, rat-proof waste bins – starting with a pair of receptacles in the heart of Times Square.
For proponents of clearing trash from pedestrian walkways, the press conference struck a familiar, if underwhelming tone. A separate piece of the Clean Curb program, which would have provided commercial buildings with containers to store their trash until it could be hauled away by a private carter, has also floundered. To date, no building has expressed interest in the voluntary project, Goodman said.
She added that the city would test what worked in Times Square as they scaled up the program in other boroughs. The city does not currently have a timeline for when the additional containers will be rolled out in business improvement districts. The effort is estimated to cost $1.3 million.
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