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Volume 20, Number 30 | The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan | December 7 - 13, 2007

"Support businesses and organizations that support Downtown Express"
DENTAL OFFICE OF DR. FREDERICK SANDS


Downtown Express photo by Milo Hess

Green and clean, Eliot

Perhaps some green-thinking straphangers were helping the Metropolitan Transportation Authority sort the recyclables last Friday on the E platform of the World Trade Center station. Coincidentally, WNYC Radio reported the next day that the Spitzer administration is considering adding recycling bins to the subway in an effort to save money and increase the resale value of paper by keeping it clear of other garbage. Currently the M.T.A. pays contractors to sift through garbage looking for recycling materials to sell.

“The constant haggling for repairs, having a hostile relationship with your landlord — as a rent-regulated tenant, this becomes your lifestyle,” she said.





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