Catsimatidis calls for a halt to city’s trash plant plan
The city should not move forward with the construction of trash processing plants because there are too many environmental concerns about the proposed facilities, according to Republican mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis.
Catsimatidis, one of three Republicans running in the Sept. 10 primary, called for a moratorium on facilities in the Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) that have not yet been built, including the proposed waste transfer station near Shore Parkway and Bay 41st Street in Bensonhurst.
“The city’s Solid Waste Management Plan simply does not make sense and should be put on hold,” Catsimatidis said.
The Solid Waste Management Plan, approved by the City Council back in September of 2006, is designed to rely on a network of waterfront marine transfer stations to process trash and prepare it for shipment to out-of-state disposal sites. In addition to the Bensonhurst location, another site slated to get a marine transfer station is East 91st Street in Manhattan. Like the Bensonhurst site, the Manhattan location has been the target of protests from community residents and civic leaders.