A Progressive Solution To City Services

Redistributive refuse collection:

Upper East Siders still steamed about last week’s botched snow removal unleashed a new torrent of outrage Monday over the massive mounds of trash piling up on sidewalks.

Dozens of piles of plastic bags stuffed with refuse marred the posh neighborhood, despite official claims that “around-the- clock” efforts had cleared away all of the city’s “backlogged material.”

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De Blasio spokeswoman Marti Adams said sanit crews were “rapidly working” to collect accumulated rubbish, adding, “Any allegations that neighborhoods were chosen over others for trash removal are totally absurd.”