NewYork's Dirtiest: Stinkin' Sanitation Cops
According to the NY Post, Fort Greene homeowners are getting smacked by sanitation cops with $100 “dirty sidewalk” fines for s couple of slips of paper. We had our own run-in in South Williamsburg with a real gem of a sanitation cop last year when a neighbor from two doors down started hurling bags of…
According to the NY Post, Fort Greene homeowners are getting smacked by sanitation cops with $100 “dirty sidewalk” fines for s couple of slips of paper. We had our own run-in in South Williamsburg with a real gem of a sanitation cop last year when a neighbor from two doors down started hurling bags of garbage at our front door, mistakenly under the impression that we had been putting our household garbage in his cans. Mrs. B, baby in arms, stepped outside to confront the guy just as a sanitation cop pulled up. As the large man was screaming in her face menacingly, the cop, rather than try to do anything to physically protect her, starting writing her a ticket for the garbage on our stoop. After the neighbor finally backed off, Mrs. B asked for the sanitation cop’s name to act as a witness if she decided to file assault charges. The cop just shrugged his shoulders and said, “I didn’t see nuthin’.” And with that drove off.
Any other stories about run-ins with the sanitation cops?
City Play Dirty with Tix [NY Post]
I received from another city agency a violation for my rock garden located within my areaway. This same rock garden was admired by the BBG when they evaluated my block for the Greenest Block in Brooklyn, I had 5 days to remove the rocks, driftwood,and shells or be charged $1000 per day for them to remove it and receive a misdemeanor and lien on my house. It was deemed “refuse”. I moved them rock by rock to my back yard – so it is not “refuse” in my back yard?
I have many sanitation stories to add to the discussion, but I’ll spare you all. Suffice it to say that I’ve observed all of the problems that have been raised. I’ve complained. In retaliation, I have even had sanitation workers dump my neighbor’s fully loaded garbage can over my fence and onto my front garden. Yup, that’s right, you heard me. Do you think there was any disiplinary action. Nope, just more juvenile antics.
Dept of sanitation has got to be the most currupt of city agencies, next to DOB. And I REFUSE to submit to bribery. Dealing with city agencies is one of those reasons I sometimes seriously consider moving to the burbs.
Someone should call up one of those TV news shows to track these guys and show what sorts of things they get up to. Would raise the profile of the problem and make retaliatory fines easier to fight if there was a PR battle going on.
are people saying on this post that if you call to complain they will then come after you to fine you? I knew it was bad but I didn’t realize it was this blatantly corrupt. what is up with this? they can do whatever they want?
We did our own renovation and couldn’t get a dumpster in time for the demo we had planned, so we just filled up our front yard with about thirty bags of old plaster from the walls and ceilings. One morning very early a sanitation worker rang our bell and asked us if we wanted to get rid of it for $50 bucks. They backed up the truck and in less than ten minutes it was gone. I worked as a building mechanic for ten years, in luxury high rises. You wouldn’t believe what people would try to thrown down the trash chute. I have smelled it all. That is why sanitation workers can do no wrong in my book. Remember you can catch more flies with honey!
I have a few chronic sanitation problems on my block. I report them very often, not much gets done. I have complained to the Coummunity Board, to no avail. Just last week I complained about the issues and left my information on their website, the next day I got a summons for mixed recycling $25. I guess that was their little “keep Quiet” message to me. I am going to start videotaping the collection on days I am home. These guys truly are unbelievable and I guess immune.
I go out of my way to put as much dog poop and shop vac dust (unbagged) as possible in my cans. Then I serupticiously watch them pick it up and deal with the smell, mess and dust clouds, and I laugh my ass off.
Their attitude stinks worse than the cans.
Screw them!!
We live in Prospect Park South, on a corner lot, with two separate sanitation crews responsible for the two streets. I put out a number of boxes on one street, most broken down, a few still cubed. The crew took all the intact boxes but left the flattened ones. The next week, I left the recycling at the other pick up spot with the other crew, this time not breaking down the boxes. I got a $25 ticket. Go figure.
This kind of regressive tax (the way that I see it) includes the traffic cops as well and is one of the reasons why I think Bloomburg doesn’t really understand that a lot of us don’t have all sorts of spare cash to pay for arbitrary tickets.
We just bribe the sanitation police.