A group of New York City building supers protested outside City Hall on Monday, saying Mayor Eric Adams’ “trash revolution” is coming at the cost of their personal lives.
Supers say the later set-out time for trash has extended their workday, forcing them to wait until 8 p.m. to put out the trash. The rule went into effect in April of last year . But some supers want it pushed back to the previous 4 p.m. set-out time.
The sanitation department responded that the new rule has been effective in reducing the rat population and piles of trash on the sidewalk.
“Our lives have been uprooted by this ordinance,” Dominick Romeo, 47, who oversees a building in Chelsea, said. “We are missing out with family dinners. And it has been 597 days since this regulation has affected our lives.”
There were around 15 super-protesters at the demonstration, demanding an in-person meeting with Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch. They also said the city should move to daily trash collection across the city, instead of the current thrice-a-week pickup schedule in place for much of the city.