NEW YORK, NY June 09, 2006 —The mayor's plan for a new recycling center near the Hudson River Park has a new backer. Council Speaker Christine Quinn has decided to support the creation of at least one recycling plant in Manhattan, removing one major hurdle for the mayor's controversial trash plan that has been blocked in the City Council.

REPORTER: Quinn's decision may now pit her against the plan's opponents, some of whom include her own West Side constituents. But the council speaker is not supporting the mayor's entire plan. She says the city needs to do more than just build more waste sites.

QUINN: A major priority for us in the Council and one of the reasons we were critical of the original plan from the Bloomberg administration is that this plan cannot just be sites to handle the solid waste. This plan also has to be a plan that moves us to less solid waste.

REPORTER: Quinn says each borough should be responsible for handling its own trash. She expects a vote on the entire trash plan by the end of the summer.