City urges state support for plan to build waste station.Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn Christine Callaghan Quinn (b. 25 July 1966 in Glen Cove, New York) is a Democratic politician from New York City who has served for six years on the New York City Council. She is the third speaker of the City Council, which is considered the second most powerful position in city called on state legislators to pass legislation authorizing the construction and operation of a marine transfer station (MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. ) to handle recyclable paper, metal, glass and plastic at Pier 52 on the Gansevoort Peninsula in Manhattan. The Gansevoort MTS is a component of the landmark Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP SWMP Solid Waste Management Plan SWMP Storm Water Management Plan SWMP Site Waste Management Plan SWMP Storm Water Management Program SWMP System Wide Monitoring Program SWMP Stormwater Monitoring Program SWMP Storm Water Management Pond ) passed by the City Council last July. Once operational, the Gansevoort MTS will handle recyclable metal, glass and plastic generated in Manhattan that is currently trucked to facilities in the Bronx, Brooklyn and New Jersey. In addition, the new facility will free-up capacity at an existing transfer station at 59th Street on the Hudson River Hudson River River, New York, U.S. Originating in the Adirondack Mountains and flowing for about 315 mi (507 km) to New York City, it was named for Henry Hudson, who explored it in 1609. Dutch settlement of the Hudson valley began in 1629. to handle Manhattan's commercial waste. The Gansevoort MTS will help to achieve one of the most important goals of the SWMP: ensuring that each borough has the capacity to handle its own waste and recyclables. Building the facility requires an amendment to the Hudson River Park Hudson River Park is a waterside park on the Hudson River that extends from 59th Street south to Battery Park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Bicycle and pedestrian paths span the park north to south, opening up the waterfront for recreational use. Act, which must be passed by the State Senate and Assembly and signed into law. "Our landmark Solid Waste Management Plan is environmentally responsible and economically sustainable, and based on the idea that each borough--including Manhattan--should take responsibility for handling its own refuse and recyclables," said Mayor Bloomberg. "The Council overwhelmingly passed the Solid Waste Management Plan because it is fair for all New Yorkers. Authorizing the operation of a marine transfer station on Gansevoort Pier is the next important step toward achieving a greener, greater City. It is time for the state legislature to do the right thing and pass this amendment to the Hudson River Park Act." "The Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station will help relieve the burden on many neighborhoods throughout the City of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of who have been saddled with the lion's share of waste management problems," according to Assembly Member Adriano Espaillat, who will introduce the legislation. "These neighborhoods currently experience some of the highest levels of asthma among children in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . This effort will help substantially reduce truck traffic in these neighborhoods therefore helping improve the air quality in the City of New York." Once the Gansevoort facility is operational, Department of Sanitation (DSNY DSNY Department of Sanitation New York DSNY Desi Sounds of New York (band) ) trucks will deliver Manhattan's recyclable metal, glass, and plastic there, saving truck trips to the Bronx and New Jersey. The new facility would also receive Manhattan's recyclable paper that is currently shipped out of the Marine Transfer Station on 59th Street in Manhattan, freeing up that facility to receive Manhattan's commercial waste--currently being trucked to the Bronx and Brooklyn. Manhattan produces 40% of the City's commercial waste, which is approximately 3,000 tons per week. |
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