Along with 421 - a abatements and corporate tax incentives, de Blasio and Cuomo have been at odds on other real estate issues, too, including a long - debated and under - construction marine waste transfer station on the Upper East Side. (therealdeal.com)
Public records indicate that legal maneuvers by Small's law firm facilitated nearly $ 700,000 in anonymous lobbying spending for Pledge 2 Protect, a nonprofit founded in 2013 to fight the city government's plan to build a marine waste transfer station on the Upper East Side that would haul away garbage by barge. (therealdeal.com)
These days New York's waste from those ubiquitous white garbage collection trucks is dumped onto the floor of waste transfer stations that are typically located in poor neighborhoods, and then loaded onto large trucks for shipment out of New York City. (treehugger.com)