Menin joined DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch to announce an initiative to help clean up the neighborhood, saying $235,000 from the city budget will go to: Increasing litter basket picking in the ...

“In the past, when funding for litter basket service decreased, baskets were serviced less often, leading to the common sight of them overflowing,” DSNY spokesperson Joshua Goodman said in an emai ...

additional litter baskets, or direct hauling to DSNY garages. Furthermore, DSNY pointed to the success of containerization efforts so far, noting a 23% drop in rat sightings reported to 311 in ...

The DSNY upkeeps approximately 23,000 litter baskets citywide. So far 300 baskets have been installed with an additional 1,000 on the way, the agency said. Charline Charles is a digital journalist ...

The DSNY also reminded New Yorkers that litter baskets are meant for things like coffee cups and candy wrappers, not household trash. Did you know you can now watch, read and stay informed with ...

DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch says the city's litter basket designs are "easier for humans to use, harder for rats to abuse and a far better fit for the clean streets of today's New York City." ...

In the DSNY’s statement, press secretary Gragnani wrote that there are over 23,000 litter baskets across the city, meant to hold “walking trash only—like coffee cups and candy wrappers” and that they ...

which will translate to significantly fewer overflowing litter baskets and meaningfully less trash on the streets,” said DSNY Commissioner Tisch. There’s been $22 million designated ...