Sanitation chief defends ‘progressive’ waste agenda
David Giambusso
On WNYC's "Brian Lehrer Show" this morning, city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia defended the administration's winter snow removal, its aggressive attempts to increase recycling, and the "progressive" nature of an Upper East Side waste station.
Garcia was appointed to the post in March, taking over a department that is currently trying to expand its organic composting program, improve recycling in low-income communities and, as ever, keep New Yorkers reasonably happy when it comes to snow removal.
Among the first questions Garcia received on the show was about the controversial East 91st Street marine transfer station, which has faced considerable opposition on the Upper East Side, where residents complain about truck traffic, pollution and the resulting smell.
"I'm so thrilled to hear about the progressive agenda," said Jennifer from Yorkville, referencing Mayor Bill de Blasio's progressive rhetoric. "But I just want to hear, with all due respect, from the new commissioner, because I know that she's visited the 91st Street site, how she thinks that focusing truck traffic into the most densely populated area ... how that's progressive and how that fits in with the progressive agenda?"
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