Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday unveiled a new “superweapon” aimed at eliminating mountains of black garbage bags that clog city streets — an automated side-loading garbage truck designed to pick up large stationary on-street trash containers.
Hizzoner — who has crusaded against garbage on sidewalks and the rats who feast on it since taking office — also announced a pilot program to containerize all trash in upper Manhattan’s Community District 9. The program is slated to start next spring and builds on a smaller containerization pilot in the district, covering 10 residential blocks and 14 schools, that has been in effect since last August.
