Mamdani to swap parking spots for more than 6,500 curbside Empire Bins across NYC ^0%

Gothamist - By Liam Quigley - 4/17/2026, 12:41 PM

Optimism Bias 12% - Appeal to Authority 8.3% - Framing Effect 6.7%

Large trash bins will soon dot the curb across New York City, replacing piles of garbage bags that have blocked sidewalks for decades. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday that the city will roll out the Spanish-made Empire Bins for the first time in the Bronx, Staten Island and Queens, and expand their use in Manhattan and Brooklyn, by the... more