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East Village, N.Y., Residents Fear Displaced Trash Trucks Increase Crime

October 25, 2018

Via: Waste360

The City of New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has been parking 15 of its displaced garbage trucks along the streets of the East Village while the department searches for a new garage location.

At first, East Villagers raised concerns over the lack of parking along the streets, as well as the foul odor the trucks emit. Now, neighbors are on high alert after a sanitation worker was threatened at knifepoint on October 11 at 2:10 a.m. on East 10th Street.

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