How NYC plans to stuff 16 billion pounds of trash into its new curbside waste bins

Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams strode through the front gates of the historic Gracie Mansion sporting a pair of black aviators and wheeling a major announcement in tow. Triumphant music announced his arrival as he pulled up next to a podium with the precious cargo: NYC’s first official trash bin. The announcement inspired heated reactions from New Yorkers and non-New Yorkers alike, the chief of which boiled down to one simple query: Why did it take New York City so long to...