Right now, the city of Lufkin collects garbage from various restaurants, hospitals and hotels as well as other commercial areas but does not own the containers that hold the garbage. However, when an ...

Not since Oscar the Grouch debuted on “Sesame Street” has a city had cause to be so excited about what’s inside a receptacle. Before our eyes, the mountains of trash-filled plastic bags on curbs that ...

Jesse Zanger is the managing editor of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has previously worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers regional news around the Tri-State Area, with a particular ...

New rules that would eliminate the city’s festering mounds of trash bags piling up outside food establishments are set to take effect soon, but restaurateurs say they can’t store their waste on their ...

Mayor Eric Adams is finally forcing every New York City business to ditch the black garbage bags on the sidewalk and instead containerize its trash, beginning next spring. Adams and New York City ...