


These Sanitation workers didn’t get the memo that the city has a rat problem!
New York’s “Strongest” in Brooklyn were caught on video taken by The Post leaving strewn trash on the sidewalk on Parkside Avenue between St. Paul’s and Ocean Avenues in Flatbush at around 6:45 a.m. Saturday.
The 63-second clip captures the underwhelming effort; the workers collecting most of the refuse, but neglecting assorted plastic bags, milk containers, cardboard boxes and other detritus.
“It was recycling day. There was a big huge pile. I think they picked up the bags and threw them in the truck and stuff fell out and they didn’t pick it up,” fumed one neighborhood resident.
The resident added: “There was the Mayor’s press conference [this week] about garbage and rats and all that…and now this is what the guys are doing.”
Trumpeted Mayor Eric Adams: “As I say over and over again I hate rats… and rats love garbage bags,” he declared during Wednesday’s garbage reform news conference with Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
“And we can not coexist,” he said.
As of Wednesday, June rat complaints to 311 were down 26% compared to last year, thanks to recent rules that ban businesses and homeowners from putting out trash before 8 p.m., Adams and Tisch said.
The second phase of the city’s garbage reform measures begins in August, when restaurants, grocery stores, delis and bodegas will be required to use storage containers for their refuse.
“It appears that the material was not bagged when our crews arrived,” a Sanitation Department spokesperson said.
“When this happens, collection crews are instructed to report the matter to their supervisor for follow up. We are investigating this, and we will also follow up with the residents if necessary.”