NYC plans to replace nearly 30K parking spaces with trash bins, report shows ^27.2%

Gothamist - By Liam Quigley - 7/1/2026, 7:55 PM

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New York City’s Department of Sanitation plans to replace nearly 30,000 parking spaces with “Empire Bin” trash containers over the next six years in order to eradicate piles of trash bags from sidewalks, according to documents published Wednesday. The estimate was published for the first time in a draft environmental study, which is... more