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Brooklyn house explosion injures 4 people; gas leak from basement stove eyed as cause – ABC7 New York


  1. Brooklyn house explosion injures 4 people; gas leak from basement stove eyed as cause  ABC7 New York
  2. 4 hurt in Brooklyn house explosion. Fire marshal finds natural gas leak was to blame.  CBS New York
  3. Multiple people injured in explosion at home in Brooklyn: FDNY  PIX11 New York News

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New trash cans specifically for pizza boxes to appear in NYC parks


NYC officials are making it even harder for Pizza Rat to enjoy his favorite meal.

NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue announced Friday that awkwardly shaped pizza boxes, which are difficult to fit into a typical city trash can without folding them into a haphazard piece of origami art, can soon be thrown out in specifically designed receptacles coming to five city parks in time for Labor Day weekend.

The boxes must be empty before they go into the bins. Parks officials said they hope to keep park trash overflow at bay by keeping pizza boxes separate from other trash.

According to Parks, separating food waste and empty pizza boxes will also lessen the food sources available to area rodents.

There are no limits to who can drop off their empty pizza boxes, but the initiative is aimed toward New Yorkers who already in a park enjoying a pizza, a spokesperson for Parks said. 

trash receptacle that holds pizza boxes, an initiative of NYC Parks
NYC Parks announced the installation of new trash receptacles for empty pizza boxes.NYC Parks

Each borough will have a park with at least one of the new rectangular-shaped bins. The initiative allows visitors to simply slide their empty pizza boxes into a dedicated container, rather thanforcingthe rectangular boxes into circular bins.

“Whether you’re relaxing after caring for your local garden, taking in a Movie Under the Stars, or just connecting with your neighbors, few things are more quintessentially New York than enjoying a slice of pizza in one of our public parks,Donoghue said.We all know that you shouldn’t try to fit a square peg into a round hole, which is why we’re deploying special trash cans just for pizza boxes to parks throughout the five boroughs.”

Which parks will have pizza box trash bins?

Five NYC parks will have pizza bins: Loreto Playground, Bronx; Saratoga Park, Brooklyn; Father Demo Square, Manhattan; Sobelsohn Playground, Queens; and Jennifer’s Playground, Staten Island.

The bins, designed in-house by the Parks Department, are reminiscent of the classic red-and-white checkered tablecloths so often found in traditional NYC pizza joints and Italian restaurants.

Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi, who supports the initiative, attacked Pizza Rat personally while crediting NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

“Pizza Rat will find no quarter in city parks soon enough, thanks to these pizza-ready trash cans,Joshi said.This is yet another creative way the Adams administration is improving quality of life for people, not pests.” 

Likely to Pizza Rat’s dismay, a pizza box bin program was piloted in Central Park this summer. Margaret Asaro, vice president for park maintenance and facilities at the Central Park Conservancy, said the program showed success withfewer jammed trash bins and surrounding litter.

She also said there was more recycled cardboard. (According to the Department of Sanitation,lightly soiledpizza boxes can be recycled.)

“As we work to expand the pilot program to more locations in Central Park, we applaud our partners in NYC Parks who are deploying these pizza bins to parks throughout the city. We will continue to work together to share knowledge and findings to keep New York’s public parks clean.”

The pizza box announcement follows other initiatives that were launched recently to tackle trash in the Big Apple, including the city’s mandatory composting service, which goes into effect the week of Oct. 6.

The Parks spokespersons said the agency is “excited to see how New Yorkers engage with the bins.” He added nothing will be ruled out in terms of expanding the initiative to more locations.

Pizza Rat was unavailable for comment on this story.


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Cartoon Sketchbook: August 30


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@mikenov: October Surprise 2024 may be pro-Trump and negative for the US Democrats. It might relate to Durov’s arrest, subsequent elective decryption, and the release of the damaging information on Trump’s opponents, a la the TelegramGate in Puerto Rico in 2019.



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October Surprise 2024 may be pro-Trump and negative for the US Democrats. It might relate to Durov’s arrest, subsequent elective decryption, and the release of the damaging information on Trump’s opponents, a la the TelegramGate in Puerto Rico in 2019.


October Surprise 2024 may be pro-Trump and negative for the US Democrats.  It might relate to Durov’s arrest, subsequent elective decryption, and the release of the damaging information on Trump’s opponents, a la the TelegramGate in Puerto Rico in 2019. 

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October Surprise 2024 may be pro-Trump


October Surprise 2024 may be pro-Trump and negative for the US Democrats.  It might relate to Durov’s arrest, subsequent elective decryption, and the release of the damaging information on Trump’s opponents, a la the TelegramGate in Puerto Rico in 2019. 


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Only an ‘October Surprise’ can swing the presidential election


It remains to be seen whether or not President Biden remains the Democrats’ nominee for president, amid growing calls to replace him atop the ticket. But at this moment, the race is frozen in place. 
Indeed, Donald Trump’s lead in national polling — now sitting at 3 points (47 percent to 44 perce

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Мэр Нью-Йорка Адамс выступил в прямом эфире программы «PIX11 Morning News» 30 августа 2024 года


Мэр Эрик Адамс обсудил значительные инвестиции Нью-Йорка в дошкольное образование в программе «Morning News» на PIX11, подчеркнув $3 млрд., включая $42 млн. на специальное образование […]

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