While he may be a man with a rather limited appreciation of architecture and history, Simcha Felder does know his trash. The city councilman from the 44th district, who earned our eternal disrespect with his comments about 184 Kent Avenue (“This is a piece of trash,” he said. “We should knock it down and put something nice up”) has finally done something we can agree with. Felder is introducing a bill tomorrow that will seek to reduce the fine on property owners for first-time trash offenses from $100 to $50; it would also shift the ticketing window from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. to give people a chance to get home from work to clean up mess that passers-by have more than likely been responsible for creating.
Lawmaker Proposes Slashing Trash Fines [NY Sun]
City Council Rejects 184 Kent as “Piece of Trash” [Brownstoner]
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