Taking Out The Trash Violators

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Two bills in the city council this week take on trash in the city. First, Council Member Simcha Felder, (D-Brooklyn) describes his plan to ban the distribution of flyers and menus throughout NYC. Then, Council Member Michael McMahon, (D-Staten Island), wants to crack down on people who break a rarely enforced law by dumping residential and business trash in public cans.

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