A video of New York City sanitation workers allegedly throwing away perfectly good boxes of fruit and vegetables over a reported code violation has gone viral after getting posted to Facebook.
https://twitter.com/fbnewswire/status/700772442411823105
Gary Schlesinger of Brooklyn uploaded the video yesterday and wrote, “NYC cracking down on fruit stores that put out merchandise more then 4 feet from store.” Toward the end of the video, you can see a police officer instructing the sanitation workers on what boxes need to go.
Here’s the entire video. What the heck are they thinking?
What a waste!
Why not collect the food, you know, and feed hungry people? It is one of Mayor de Blasio’s initiatives after all.
More than 1 million NYers struggle w/ hunger. Tune in to @WNYC at 11 for discussion on food stamps & hunger w @FoodBank4NYC & HRA Cmsr Doar
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) November 21, 2011
Proud to join @NYCCAH & @Joelsberg today at Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger—let’s commit to lifting up all NY'ers. pic.twitter.com/4s9qFYfSL9
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) November 27, 2013
Proud to attend tonight's board meeting for @metcouncil, an impressive organization fighting hunger & poverty in NY pic.twitter.com/xumpeBvx
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) May 30, 2012
Stood w anti-hunger advocates this AM to denounce @MikeBloomberg policy of fingerprinting NYers applying 4 food stamps: pic.twitter.com/egugLDg7
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) January 7, 2012
It seems not so long ago we heard a lot about New York values. Is this what defenders were talking about? Hopefully not.
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