Major cities in Europe have even stricter standards: Barcelona requires residents to wait until 8 p.m., and Paris prohibits bags on sidewalks until an hour before collection begins. is the earliest residents may take out their garbage, New York City Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in an interview. The practice not only wastes precious space on narrow sidewalks, it also attracts rodents and creates a foul odor. setout time is the earliest of any major city - and leaves residents hurdling stacks of refuse at the end of their workdays. The Adams administration said the current 4 p.m.

“We’re not just catching up with other cities, we’re surpassing them and leading the nation again - making a generations overdue change that will have a real impact on cleanliness in every neighborhood.” It’s one of the most indelible images of New York, but today we’re saying, ‘Enough is enough,’” Adams said in a statement to POLITICO. “Bags of trash sitting on the curb for hours have hurt our city’s recovery for too long. City officials said the initiative is part of the larger push to tidy up city sidewalks. His administration has torn down abandoned outdoor dining sheds, increased litter basket service and restored street sweeping after his predecessor scaled it back. While Adams has focused much of his first-year agenda on addressing crime, he has also spoken at length about the need for cleaner streets to advance the city’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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