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This is how it looks all over this city. It is a disgusting mess and getting worse every day. Every time I go to New York City for work, I'm stunned by what has happened even to formerly beautiful neighborhoods. Every location has trash pouring out all over the street and even in locations where they've tried to store trash outside behind "pretty gates" or put locked containers in front of buildings, people have figured out how to pick those locks or break the locks and dig through all the trash scattering it over the street. There are rats everywhere and even the locked containers emit a terrible stench year-round. Plus, it's just plain ugly to have any kind of trash storage out front no matter how pretty you think you can make it. I hope that what is out there about legislator Peter and councilperson Romero discussing trash storage in front of buildings is false. That is the opposite of what this city needs and people need to represent their actual constituents not their own agenda. Rather than address all of the problems so visible in this city, some people want to pass legislation that allows the behavior that is deteriorating Albany. So rather than enforce trash storage regulations that are there for very sound reasons, some think it makes sense to make the city laws and ordinances match people's bad behavior. There is nothing about that approach that reflects leadership or common sense.
There are many ways to store trash so it doesn't smell up one's house until it's time to put it outside on trash day. And if people can't figure this out, and they insist on storing their trash outside, they need to live in an area that has garages and inaccessible places to store your trash so it isn't your neighbors problem visually or with smell, litter, vermin and bugs.