New York is hearing feedback from communities that have been disproportionately impacted by waste disposal and transfer facilities. Advocates say hundreds of Bridgeport residents are facing eviction. A report finds there are people on Nassau’s gang database without a criminal record. And New York is still without a budget.
Tracking the trash
![Trash sent for recycling moves along a conveyor belt to be sorted at Waste Management's material recovery facility in Elkridge, Md.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/21e1ba3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3746x2810+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2019%2F08%2F20%2Fplastics-china-20b6cd3aecb5a51a650d2d3a02c90fec14fdef5a.jpg)
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