June 19, 2013
Site of East 91st Marine Transfer Station is in Critical Flood Zone NEW YORK – June 12, 2013 – Jed Garfield, president of Residents for Sane Trash Solutions, Inc. (SaneTrash) stated, “On the one hand, the City says we must become less vulnerable, strengthen our building codes, build green infrastructures and protect the residents and
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May 20, 2013
BY CELESTE KATZ, NY Daily News If elected mayor, Joe Lhota promises to dump the dump. Lhota, frontrunner in the three-way Republican primary, is the first member of the GOP field to sign a pledge to block a controversial marine transfer station proposed on E. 91st St. in Manhattan. “It’s very simple: the dump will
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May 15, 2013
By Victoria Bekiempis on May 15, 2013 6:20am LENOX HILL — A powerful Upper East Side Democratic organization was poised to endorse Christine Quinn for mayor, but shifted course because of the City Council speaker’s stance on the controversial marine transfer station, an organization leader said. The Lenox Hill Democratic Club, which endorses candidates each
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May 11, 2013
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April 25, 2013
The fight against the East 91st Marine Transfer Station is making substantial progress. Residents for Sane Trash Solutions, Inc. (SaneTrash) has made the fight against the building of an MTS at East 91st Street into a major mayoral campaign issue. SaneTrash has now grown to almost 8,000 supporters and today SaneTrash has announce their participation
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April 25, 2013
Friends, When we started Residents for Sane Trash Solutions, Inc. (SaneTrash) our goal was to make the City understand that the site of the former marine transfer station (MTS) at East 91st Street was not the appropriate location for a new 2-acre, 10-story dump. We were a few people working together to get our message
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March 31, 2013
The former MTS located at 91st Street and the FDR Drive is to be demolished. It has been an eyesore to the area for some time. According to the City’s law department, demolition of this MTS structure is set to begin soon, with work on the site from April 2013 – April 2014 to be ”confined
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March 28, 2013
By Victoria Bekiempis, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer YORKVILLE — Demolition of a defunct marine transfer station, which will make way for a new waste facility, is set to begin soon, city officials said. The city Law Department, which is handling press inquiries about the polemic project because of pending litigation, confirmed that the marine transfer station contractor is on site, and
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March 28, 2013
NEW YORK — March 25, 2013 — The Mayoral Debate at the 92nd Street Y on March 21, 2013 has helped to position the protest against the 10-story, 2-acre marine transfer station (MTS) on East 91st Street as a major campaign issue. Christine Quinn was the only candidate, of the Democratic and Republican candidates present,
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March 27, 2013
Mayoral candidates addressed the E. 91st St. Marine Transfer Station at a recent forum By Adam Janos, NYPress The 92nd Street Y and the New York Observer hosted a forum for mayoral candidates last Thursday to discuss their visions for the city. Joseph Lhota, John Catsimatidis and George McDonald attended the forum on the Republican
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