New York Post: Garbage truck driver flees scene after fatally striking man in...
By C.J. Sullivan and Natasha Velez October 31, 2014 A 59 year-old man was fatally struck and dragged by an unidentified garbage truck that fled the scene in Chinatown, police said. A witness told...
View ArticleNew York Post: UES trash transfer station would triple city’s costs: study
Transporting Manhattan’s garbage through a controversial Upper East Side waste-transfer station would cost triple what the city is now paying, according to a new study. The findings of the Independent...
View ArticleNew York Post – Trash transfer station could be problematic for Vision Zero plan
The hotly contested waste-transfer station on the Upper East Side could be a nightmare for Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan. A recent study by neighborhood nonprofit Asphalt Green predicts accidents...
View ArticleNew York Daily News: EXCLUSIVE: City will temporarily close part of Asphalt...
BY ANNIE KARNI NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, November 24, 2014, 2:30 AM Asphalt Green execs were notified last week that portions of the athletic complex would be shut down temporarily to create a...
View ArticleNew York Daily News: New TV ad: ‘De Blasio’s dirty little secret’
BY ANNIE KARNI NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, November 24, 2014, 3:07 PM A coalition of groups opposed to the controversial waste transfer station on the Upper East Side isn’t afraid to get dirty fighting...
View ArticleCapital New York: Waste station opponents release de Blasio attack ad
By David Giambusso 4:25 p.m. | Nov. 24, 2014 Opponents of the East 91st Street garbage transfer facility launched a new ad attacking Mayor Bill de Blasio today for purportedly ignoring the plight of...
View ArticleHuffPo: Five Years Too Late, The New York Times Admits A Mistake and Boldly...
The New York Times published an editorial Monday under the inspiring title, “A Promising Garbage Workaround.” After many years of unqualified support for it, the paper now admits there is one serious...
View ArticleNYPress.com: Seawright Moves to Stop M.T.S.
BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS PUBLISHED FEB 24, 2015 AT 11:33 AM (UPDATED FEB 24, 2015) New East Side assemblywoman introduces bill to stop the M.T.S. Rebecca Seawright, the newly elected assemblywoman...
View ArticlePledge 2 Protect Clarification to Our Town Article: MTS Decision Referred to...
The Our Town article, MTS Decision Referred to Mayor (4/20/15) misses important information regarding our position. Of the 8 original alternative ramp locations being considered, the remaining two...
View ArticleDaily News: NYC’s goal to send zero waste to landfills by 2030 makes two...
BY JENNIFER FERMINO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 2:22 PM Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 6:19 PM The city’s ambitious goal to send zero waste to landfills by 2030 makes two...
View ArticleCapitalNewYork.com: De Blasio moves controversial ramp at E. 91st Street
By David Giambusso After more than a year of relentless protest, Mayor Bill de Blasio has agreed to move a controversial access ramp to the East 91st Street marine garbage facility. The original ramp,...
View ArticleCBSNewYork: De Blasio Administration Agrees To Move Controversial UES Asphalt...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The de Blasio administration says it will move an access ramp to the controversial East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station garbage facility. The access ramp, which would have...
View ArticleNYTimes.com: New York City to Reroute Garbage Truck Ramp Planned on East Side
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM JULY 31, 2015 Score one for the neighbors. After an aggressive campaign by well-connected, well-funded Upper East Side activists, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration said on...
View ArticleNYPost.com: City agrees to spend $30M to move garbage ramp
The city on Friday agreed to move a ramp to the garbage transfer station near Gracie Mansion from East 91st to 92nd Street at a cost of $30 million — $5 million more than projected just two months ago....
View ArticleNY1: City Reaches Compromise on Ramp to Upper East Side Marine Transfer Station
By Rick Boone A compromise was reached Friday between the city and some Upper East Side residents on how trash in Manhattan will be moved to a marine transfer station on the East River. NY1′s Rick...
View ArticleDNAInfo.com: City Adds Second Ramp to Marine Transfer Station Plan, Adding...
YORKVILLE — Despite outcry from residents, the city is not only moving forward with a plan to build an entrance ramp for the new marine transfer station on 91st Street, but announced last week that...
View ArticleVia Fox5 News: ‘Talking Truth’ documentary preview
The fight over a waste transfer station proposed for the Upper East Side of Manhattan is the focus of a new documentary called “Talking Truth: The Real Story Behind the East 91st St. Garbage Station.”...
View ArticleGood Day NY: “Talking Truth: The Real Story Behind the East 91st St. Garbage...
Kelly Nimmo Guenther, president of Pledge2 Project, discusses the new documentary,”Talking Truth: The Real Story Behind the East 91st St. Garbage Station.” Watch, on GOOD DAY NY
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