ProPublica Quotes NYLPI On Industry Reform After Waste Truck Hits Man Outside de Blasio Event
December 19, 2018
The crash comes as de Blasio’s administration is pushing a major reform that it says will improve the safety records of waste trucks that crisscross the city’s streets.
New Yorkers Support Waste Zones Plan
December 12, 2018
New Yorkers showed up in force for a hearing, in support of a new plan to create exclusive commercial waste zones in New York.
New Yorkers Applaud Sanitation Salvage’s Closure
November 28, 2018
Garbage haulage company involved in two horrific deaths closes its doors after years of advocacy.
NYLPI’s Years-Long Advocacy Leads to Passage of Waste Equity Bill
July 25, 2018
The bill will help ensure that low-income neighborhoods are not unfairly targeted by waste-transfer businesses.
NYLPI, TDT Report Shows Recycling Down
June 28, 2018
Private waste haulers are actually recycling less and trucking more waste to landfills, despite new city rules.
NYLPI Allies On What We Can Learn From L.A.
May 24, 2018
How can we learn from L.A.’s reimagination of its trash zoning policies to avoid horrible impacts from a broken industry like we have in New York?