B&H Dairy, already struggling with a downturn in business since reopening back in May, now has another challenge: the mountain of trash stacked up next to its curbside seating...
"Looks like it's from an vacated apartment," a B&H rep said, noting the trash has been there now for four days...
B&H, depending mostly on takeout and delivery, has a small footprint outside, with only a needful of tables ... which currently aren't too appealing next to the trash.
We tweeted the photos last night, which caught the attention of local City Councilmember Carlina Rivera, who shared it with 311 and the Department of Sanitation.
Updated 11 a.m.
The city removed the pile of trash... (Thanks @polly for the pic!)
Unfortunately, this is happening on every block. If the city is going to require restaurants to serve on the street/sidewalk, the sanitation dept needs to be fully engaged in keeping the streets clean.
ReplyDeleteAlso, is it possible for people responsibly dispose of their trash? The selfishness I've witnessed over the past few months tells me no.
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ReplyDeleteNYC looks like the garbage strike in "The Out-of-Towners" now. "Oh my goooood."—Sandy Dennis
ReplyDeleteOur super rearranged his garbage schedule and now drags out the garbage after 10pm - this adds hours to his day and I asked him and he is doing it out of courtesy, the restaurants don't even know it. I can't wait for Oct 31 and we get our sidewalks back. The mayor MUST permit inside dining or the people should just start doing it safely on their own.
ReplyDelete@1:51pm: "or the people should just start doing it safely on their own." How, exactly, do you propose that would happen? Are you saying that people invade a restaurant and refuse to leave until they get served dinner? Force the staff to serve them? Break down the door if it's locked? Please do enlighten me on how this would work.
ReplyDeleteI read that as restaurants should start doing it in the face of these regulations that are costing a lot more than they are benefitting.
ReplyDeleteIf enough people support it, and enough restaurants do it, our idiot mayor will likely back down.
@6:18pm: Or maybe Cuomo will pull all their liquor licenses, thus guaranteeing that they won't make much money by reopening if they haven't been authorized to do so.
ReplyDeleteDe Blasio is worse than useless, I agree. But one underestimates Cuomo at one's own peril.
@8:37 PM - Agree. Cuomo is sharper than DeBlasio by a long shot, but he's not much better for NYC.
ReplyDeleteWe get what we vote for. Hopefully a silver lining of the disastrous city and state response to the major events of 2020 is that people who historically haven't voted, do, and everyone spends more time investigating the candidates to draw their own conclusions on past actions and track records.