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About 300 sanitation workers will spend all day removing more than 100,000 pounds of trash and confetti from Times Square

Now in its eighth year, the calendar honors the New York City Sanitation Department’s employees.

Mayor Eric Adams has suspended the expansion of residential composting programs.

Advocates say that without safe and accessible housing options, Adams’s plan won’t reduce street homelessness.

At a budget hearing Friday, Councilmember Sandy Nurse noted that complaints about rat sightings and missed trash collections already increased during the pandemic

Before the pandemic, Manhattan was served by an average of 736 Sanitation trucks. In 2020, that was cut to 272 trucks and service is currently still lower than normal, with 440 trucks working in the borough.

Sure, it's a smaller crowd, but it's still a big mess!

Between Mulchfest, "Chipping Weekend," and street pick-up, here's how to discard your Christmas tree in NYC this year.

"This kind of an exhibit takes that hidden essence away, puts a face to some of the workers that are on the job."

With three days to go, New Yorkers face the prospect of 33,000 government workers being told to stay home when enforcement starts on Monday, hampering tax-funded services citywide.