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This already counts as socialist?
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Unless I'm missing something, this has been in the works since at least 2024. I'm pretty sure I heard about this on a podcast a few months ago, but I'm struggling to dig it up.
The bins in that article are 55 gallon household ones. The ones on the article are almost car sized and stay on the side of the street. Those are not the same ideas of hire to pick up trash.
There are two categories, both part of the same program:
https://www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/collection/containerization/nyc-bins.page
https://www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/collection/containerization/empire-bins.page
The following is a primary source (i.e. Adams' propaganda) but it still serves to lay out the timeline:
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2025/06/the-empire-bin-strikes-back-against-rats-next-phase-trash-revolution-begins-west