NYC Can Fix Its Rat Problem If It Loses 150,000 Parking Spots

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 trash [The City Can Fix Its Rat Problem If It Loses 150,000 Parking Spots]( Win-win! Photo: Artem Zavarzin/Alamy Stock Photo It turns out one neat trick can tackle the twin unchecked plagues of New York City: cars and rats. A new Department of Sanitation [report]( out on Wednesday finds that the city could move 89 percent of trash on residential streets into containers by repurposing 150,000 parking spots — up to 10 percent of available spaces — from the curb. If that sounds like a lot to lose, consider the fact that, per the report, the city dedicates a staggering 80 percent of its available curb space to street parking — “a combined area equivalent to 12 Central Parks.” [Continue reading »]( [Exclusive Anniversary Offer:]( Get a limited-edition tote plus save up to 60% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Outrage Grows After a Man Dies on Subway Following a Choke Hold Jordan Neely, 30, died after a violent confrontation with an ex-marine, who has not been charged.]( [The Blood Feud Brewing Inside Nom Wah Tea Parlor A family fight threatens the iconic Doyers Street restaurant.]( [Ed Sheeran Is the Mystery Tenant of Brooklyn’s Most Expensive Listing The $36,000-a-month Pierhouse duplex broke records when it hit the market earlier this year.]( [Resurrecting a Mini-Mall Where Fake Luxury Bags Once Ruled An artists’ collective presents an archive of a Chinatown counterfeit haven at Storefront for Art and Architecture.]( By Gideon Fink Shapiro [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday.]( [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-curbed?email={EMAIL}&hash=6c53b63a8e3fad70ad4ef13004527437¶m=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved