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Earth Day celebrations were in full swing around New York yesterday, and we found it rather pathetic that at the electronics recycling event at Union Square Park we saw several city vehicles running with engines idling and no passengers on board. We brought this to the attention of an environmental police officer, suggesting that Sanitation might be a tad embarrassed on Earth Day were the media to publicize this egregious waste of fuel. But reality bites: every day city vehicles can be found idling for no reason at all — police cars and ambulances seem to be the worst offenders. So it's terrific that Mayor Bloomberg as a cornerstone of his seminal planYC speech mentioned a crackdown on idling cars, something that New Yorkers incessantly complain about as a major quality-of-life issue. We really wonder about those many instances on sunny days when the police and ambulance personnel on board can be seen eating or reading the New York Post with engines running and windows wide open. Speaking of that illustrious tabloid newspaper, several bundles of dumped promotional copies were observed in Long Island City at 12:30pm today on 23rd Street near the E/V subway station. Just a few feet away at a fire hydrant asleep at the wheel with engine and air conditioning running was a city employee in a city vehicle. We didn't have the heart to photograph that woeful scene.
It seems the angel we photographed touching down in Central Park yesterday makes an appearance only on Earth Day.
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angels, central park, earth day, recycling, sanitation
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Posted on 4/23/2007
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