Upper Green Side

Rally Against Waste Transfer Station

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There will be a rally outside City Hall for local residents to express their point of view about the proposed 10 story Waste Transfer Station. This will be the last chance to influence Speaker Quinn before the City Council votes on the Mayor’s plan.

We at the Upper Green Side broadly support the idea of each neighborhood being responsible for it’s own waste and water based transportation of bulk waste as more energy efficient. But first we must stop the Department of Sanitation’s current paradigm of planning for more trash and siting waste transfer stations in heavily populated areas. We believe in stopping trash at it’s source and strongly support Consumer Union’s “Reaching for Zero” proposal, which recommends:

that the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg act immediately on the following priorities:

1. Pass the City Council Resolution #174 establishing a Zero Waste Goal for New York City.
2. Ensure that top level management in the City is committed to Zero Waste and to providing adequate funding for the necessary programs needed to reach our goals.
3. Ensure that key staff have adequate authority to be able to work across agencies and establish the necessary programs.
4. Require detailed Zero Waste Program Plans to be the major part of the 20 year Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan.
5. Think economic development, while investing in and developing zero waste programs.
6. Utilize all of the Pieces of Zero– waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting– to achieve zero waste (or close to it) in 2024.
7. Ensure that all the necessary support programs are in place- Economic Development, Education, Enforcement, Transportation, Legislation and Regulation, Research and Data-gathering and Financing.

Information below on the rally and how to get there. (Eco-Reco: Please use mass transit or bike)

Here was the note from Tony Ard, head of the Gracie Point Community Council

This is it-the last City Council hearing before the Council votes yes or no on the East 91st Street garbage dump. The Council Speaker has said she has not yet made up her mind. We need our entire community to show up at the rally and then attend a hearing on the garbage plan inside City Hall. Our numbers and our message can make a difference!

We need a crowd that can make more noise than those who want to put a ten-story garbage dump in our neighborhood. We need families, especially with young children, as well as individuals of all ages, incomes and ethnic identities to attend. You can make a difference! You can help stop this dump from opening! Bring your friends and family and let the City Council know that 91st Street is no place for a garbage dump!

Buses will be available to take you to City Hall.
Schedule:
8:30 AM Buses depart from Asphalt Green at 91st Street and York Avenue.
10:00 AM Rally and news conference on City Hall steps.
11:00 AM Hearing by City Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management.

To reserve a seat on the buses call Gracie Point Community Council at
212-426-5823 by 3:00 PM, Friday, June 23.

Alternate Transportation:

Subway: #4, 5 or 6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall
Bus: #15 Limited or Local on 2nd Avenue to City Hall.

JOIN OUR FIGHT! TOGETHER WE CAN STOP THE GARBAGE!

I hope many of you can participate in the democratic process, listen to others and have your voice heard on this important manner. To convince Speaker Quinn, please be prepared with good arguments that go beyond the “Not In My Back Yard” (NIMBY) mentality and try to seek an outcome that would be both good for the city and for our neighborhood.