Zohran Mamdani: “Every day, residents across our city set out about 24…”

“They have melted more than 150 million pounds of snow across our five boroughs and laid more than 200 million pounds of salt. Those same sanitation workers have also been collecting residential trash across the five boroughs. Every day, residents across our city set out about 24 million pounds of trash, recycling and compostable material at the curb. New Yorkers will be able to expect that their trash will be picked up on their scheduled collection day. We are one day behind schedule in terms of recycling collection.” (13:19–13:27)

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