The New York equivalent to a wild goose chase may involve tailing a garbage truck, in hopes you can relocate a family heirloom.
At least that’s the case with one Brooklyn resident who realized they accidentally chucked out a pair of rings, and had to enlist the city’s help.
The Brooklyn resident reached out to the city’s sanitation department after realizing they had accidentally thrown out their grandmother’s platinum and diamond wedding rings, according to a DSNY official. Sanitation crews were able to pull a truck from the department’s Brooklyn South 13 District and direct it instead to a waste management facility on Varick Street…