LITTER
to pick it up?”
Mayor Bill de Blasio
touched on the trash’s
hazards on WNYC’s
“The Brian Lehrer
Show” Friday morning,
stressing that wearers
of the precautionary
gear must properly dispose
of them to prevent
spreading the infection.
“Not only is it littering,
it is dangerous
littering,” the mayor
said on the radio show.
“When something needs
to be discarded you can’t
leave it around because
it could create its own
danger.”
While Morrissey noticed
the uptick of litter
on her block, a Georgetown
resident told
Brooklyn Paper that a
high volume of disposable
gloves and masks
are being left in parking
lots, which are more
common in southern
Brooklyn’s car-heavy
neighborhoods.
“People should properly
dispose of them,
instead it’s all over the
parking lot,” said William
Tainowitz. “It’s insane.”
Meanwhile in Madison,
Morrissey worries
about the additional litter
clogging up the area’s
catch basins and fl ooding
the neighborhood.
“If we get a heavy
rain, these things will
be swept into the storm
basins on the corner
and we will start having
fl ooding,” she said. “So
that is a major concern
here.”
The city Sanitation
Department has noted
their reliance on residents
COURIER L 16 IFE, APRIL 10-16, 2020
to help keep the
city’s streets and sidewalks
clean and reminded
that there are
penalties in place for litterbugs.
“New Yorkers are our
partners in keeping the
City healthy, safe and
clean. To that end, residents
should not litter,”
said Spokeswoman Dina
Montes. ”And remember,
littering is against
the law and can result
in a $100 summons.”
The protective gear
can be disposed of with
other garbage, she said.
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Police arrested the 32-year-old
woman on April 2 suspected of killing
an 86-year-old woman at Woodhull
Hospital for not practicing
proper social distancing.
Cops charged Crown Heights resident
Cassandra Lundy with manslaughter
and assault for allegedly
shoving Williamsburg senior Janie
Marshall to the ground at the Broadway
medical facility on March 28.
Marshall was walking in the
emergency room and stopped to hold
onto the suspect’s intravenous pole
when the younger woman got mad at
her for not keeping a safe distance of
six feet apart to prevent the spread of
COVID-19, a police spokesman said.
The confrontation escalated and
Lundy allegedly pushed the elder
woman to the ground, causing her to
knock her head and lose consciousness.
Hospital police escorted the defendant
off the premises near Flushing
Avenue and released her.
After medical staff pronounced
Marshall dead later in the day, authorities
began searching for Lundy
on felony assault charges, before
picking her up Thursday with the
added charge of manslaughter, the
police spokesman said.
Face masks littered in Georgetown. Curtesy of William Tainowitz
The victim died at Woodhull Hospital on March 28. Google
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