NYC could lose about 30K parking spots to get trash off sidewalks — with upscale Manhattan nabes hit hard

Source: New York Post

Nearly 30,000 parking spots across the five boroughs are set to be wiped out to make room for garbage containers over the next several years as part of New York City’s ongoing “trash revolution,” a new study shows. The eye-grabbing figure was revealed in a draft environmental impact statement published by the Department of Sanitation this week as part of the city’s controversial “Empire Bin” program to curb trash bags littering the sidewalks and keep rats at bay. Sanitation Dept.