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Ex-Workers: Ferry Company Dumped Raw Sewage, More Into Hudson, Manhattan Waterways Ex-Workers: Ferry Company Dumped Raw Sewage, More Into Hudson, Manhattan Waterways
Ex-Workers: Ferry Company Dumped Raw Sewage, More Into Hudson, Manhattan Waterways Two former employees have accused New York Waterway of dumping raw sewage, oil, fuel, batteries and other waste into the Hudson River, Raritan Bay and other waterways surrounding Manhattan “for years.” After issuing dumping complaints to the company, EPA investigators returned weeks later to find ferry bathrooms that were under investigation “either locked or removed entirely,” a federal whistle-blower lawsuit filed by former NY Waterway fuelers and overnight mechanics Rafi Khatchikian and Ivan Torres alleges. “NY Waterway cynically put out-of-order signs on bathrooms and even removed toile…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Newark Police Upping Enforcement Of Anti-Idling Law To Stem Vehicle Theft Newark Police Upping Enforcement Of Anti-Idling Law To Stem Vehicle Theft
Newark Police Upping Enforcement Of Anti-Idling Law To Stem Vehicle Theft Police in Newark plan to step up enforcement of a controversial law prohibiting excessive idling of vehicles -- but not for the reason why the law was passed in the first place.  New Jersey's 2012 law is intended to cut down on excessive vehicle emissions in a state with some of the worst ground-level pollution in the country. But officials in Newark want to crack down in order to reduce the city's vehicle thefts -- many of which involve cars and trucks left running unattended. Nearly 300 idling vehicles have been taken in Newark so far in 2019.  “That’s 22 percent of all stolen c…

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by Paul Milo