Mayor Bloomberg is considering charging for trash pick up on residential properties as it is done on commercial properties and done in many other states. He needs to really think this through. We are in a horrible housing crisis, and not only with property foreclosures. Affordable rent housing and the availability of government housing is already limited. Believe me if there becomes a fee for garbage pick up, a few things will occur.
1. Landlords will be forced to raise rents to cover it. This will make it more difficult for tenants to afford the apartments and/or more landlords will have non paying tenants to evict.
2. Many people will delay throwing out garbage. This is cause an increase in rodents in NYC.
3. People will perform illegal dumping to dispose of their trash without a fee.

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