r/SipsTea • • Aug 13 '26

Feels good man About that

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u/Agreeable-Agent-7384 Aug 13 '26

The trash cans were coming already but yeah, Mamdami is literally just doing what he was elected for and behaving like a public servant. Which considering people like Eric Adams hyper corrupted ass, is what he’s competing with, the bar was so low, mamdami could have just done one good thing and he would have cleared it.

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u/SignificantMoose6482 Aug 13 '26

I wondered how he got it funded so quickly. Makes sense it was already in the works cause I can’t imagine how much money it takes to implement this in NYC. Totally worth it either way

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u/quick20minadventure Aug 13 '26

Because previous guy funded 32 million USD in fiscal year 2026.

Because previous guy was working on it since 2022.

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2025/06/the-empire-bin-strikes-back-against-rats-next-phase-trash-revolution-begins-west

Study, Pilot Implementation, Results, Funding were all done under previous guy.

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u/PringlesDuckFace Aug 13 '26

And if it's anything like here in San Francisco, people (or at least internet bots) were outraged at the mere concept of spending money on infrastructure. But now that it's here under a popular mayor it's popular again. Hooray.

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u/quick20minadventure Aug 13 '26

Full roll out was delayed a bit under previous mayor because people didn't want to give up parking spaces for garbage containers that get automatically picked up by tracks and stay closed/reduce rat problems.

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u/thepinkiwi Aug 13 '26

Upvote for sourced info