Michael Bloomberg

GARBAGE OUT

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Once your garbage cans hit the curb, where does your trash really go? In the November issue of City Limits, on newsstands now, Keith Kloor follows his daily refuse down the “garbage interstate” from Brooklyn, through the politics and propaganda behind the city’s garbage wars, to its final resting place in Pennsylvania.

Bronx

WITH ONE STRIKE, KIDS IN DAY CARE MAY BE OUT

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After nearly two years without a contract, teachers and support staff at hundreds of city-funded day care centers say they are poised to strike if City Hall doesn’t move soon, leaving thousands of low-income working parents wondering who will care for their kids.

Bronx

Attention Shoppers

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While the City Council calls for building a massive public market on the old Trade Center site, a similar project has been proposed for Hunts Point, where the area’s best shopping is wholesale, and therefore off limits to local residents

Manhattan

Civics Lesson

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The Civic Alliance completed its first big effort to make a mark on downtown redevelopment last week, getting nearly 5,000 New Yorkers in a room to brainstorm. With that over, the group says its work is only just beginning.

Gifford Miller

Knocking on Wood

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In its effort to rebuild parts of the subway system, the city’s transit authority is using wood forested from rare African jungles, and, environmentalists charge, buying the wood from a company with possible links to al Qaeda.