Last Thursday, Philadelphia’s Office of the Controller released a report on a topic that Philadelphians have become all too familiar with during the pandemic—the Streets Department’s chronic delays in picking up trash and recycling. The report highlights systemic delays in trash pickups that existed …
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An Open Letter to Mayor Kenney on the Ongoing Sanitation Crisis
Dear Mayor Kenney: It has undoubtedly come to your attention that the City’s sanitation workers are on the verge of a strike. If this happens, the blame for this latest preventable waste crisis in Philadelphia will fall squarely on your administration’s shoulders. For over a year, since the …