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The New York Metropolis Council launched a trash containerization pilot program in Hamilton Heights in August 2023, aiming to restrict rat populations within the space and clear up the neighborhood’s streets. Ed Reed/Mayoral Images Workplace The period of black trash baggage on New York Metropolis streets and sidewalks is ending. That’s the message we’ve been taking to each nook of town, and the coverage we’ve been delivering because the begin of the Trash Revolution three years in the past. Now we have heard the identical message as every new containerization rule was proposed: “This is a great idea, but it…

Hizzoner says ‘neigh’ to horse-drawn carriages within the metropolis. Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday endorsed laws to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York Metropolis. This coverage shift follows years of advocacy, public security issues, and high-profile animal deaths. Adams, who additionally signed an government order directing companies to organize for the business’s finish, known as on the Metropolis Council to swiftly cross Ryder’s Legislation, a invoice that has languished for greater than a yr. The measure would part out the horse-drawn carriage business by halting the issuance of latest licenses and banning carriage operations completely beginning June 1, 2026. It…