« Fort Greene Pastor Retires After 18 Years of Service | Main | Atlantic Yards Foe In Fire Fight With Neighbor Over New Home Addition »
October 5, 2011
Rat Resistant Trash Cans Debated For Fort Greene-Clinton Hill
Representatives of Forest City Ratner agree to look into expanding giveaways north of Atlantic Avenue.
Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch
by Paul Leonard
For denizens of the neighborhoods north of the Atlantic Yards project, a new weapon in the battle against vermin may soon be at hand.
During the fifth meeting of the Atlantic Yards cabinet on Sept. 22, representatives from Forest City Ratner said it would look into supplying free rat resistant garbage cans for Fort Greene-Clinton Hill residents.
The developer already provides trashcans at several rat "hot-spots" in Prospect Heights. However, along with a rise in rat sightings in Fort Greene have come increased calls for Forest City Ratner to expand the program to the blocks north of Atlantic Avenue.
Residents blame increased excavation, demolition and construction at the Atlantic Yards site for the increase in rodent activity.
Forest City Ratner has said the increase in rat sightings is unrelated to Atlantic Yards construction.
NoLandGrab: And big chunks of the Antarctic ice shelf falling into the ocean have nothing to do with global warming, either.
As Norman Oder points out in the comments, Forest City was more or less shamed into considering the trash-can giveaway by City Council member Tish James.
Posted by eric at October 5, 2011 10:52 AM