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NYC's Department of Sanitation is giving away five brand-new Knicks-themed 30-pound litter baskets via an online drawing open to anyone 18+ with a July 3, 5 p.m. deadline; winners will be announced soon after.
NYC’s Sanitation Department is giving away five Knicks-themed trash bins to celebrate the Knicks' NBA Finals victory, a playful dig at the JPMorgan exec who stole a city bin; five winners will be chosen at random from NYC residents 18+, who must pick up the 30-pound, 28-inch bins in lower Manhattan by July 3. Winners will be announced later in the summer, and losers can buy a similar bin from Only NY for $168.
New York City sanitation workers are seeing a growing number of needle-stick injuries, with 35 incidents reported by June 3, 2026 and a projected year-end total around 83, up from 25 in 2019. The uptick coincides with widespread use of GLP-1 injections (like Ozempic), as more people dispose of needles in trash, creating safety hazards for DSNY crews who collect waste and sharps across the city; veteran workers report a notable cluster of incidents in Staten Island over the past 14 months.