{"id":62371,"date":"2020-09-08T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-sanitation-commissioner-blasts-de-blasio-in-resignation-letter-eyes-mayoral-run\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T16:45:00","slug":"nyc-sanitation-commissioner-blasts-de-blasio-in-resignation-letter-eyes-mayoral-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-sanitation-commissioner-blasts-de-blasio-in-resignation-letter-eyes-mayoral-run\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC sanitation commissioner blasts de Blasio in resignation letter, eyes mayoral run"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC sanitation commissioner blasts de Blasio in resignation letter, eyes mayoral run<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Eyeing her own bid for Gracie Mansion, Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio over massive cuts to her department that she said endanger public health and safety as she quit the administration Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when protecting public health is of the essence, cutting basic Sanitation services is unconscionable,\u201d Garcia wrote in her resignation letter, which was obtained by The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis budget crisis is incredibly severe, but I am disapp<\/a>ointed to see so much of the work we have done over the last six years being walked back,\u201d she added later. \u201cIf, as is often said, budgets are a statement of values, my values require me to resign in the face of these cuts, which will harm New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cuts contained in the 2021 budget passed this summer forced the Sanitation Department to slash litter basket pickups by 60 percent in order to maintain current service levels for apartment buildings across the city.<\/p>\n

That $21 million cut has turned overflowing trash cans on street corners into a new staple of city life.<\/p>\n

And, Garcia disclosed that de Blasio\u2019s threatened 22,000 municipal layoffs would hit the Sanitation Department hard, axing 750 of New York\u2019s strongest. That would come on top of 400 uniformed positions left empty by attrition in the 2021 budget.<\/p>\n

All told, the Sanitation Department could enter the upcoming winter with staffing levels not seen since the massive 2010 Christmastime blizzard that crippled the Big Apple.<\/p>\n

Garcia\u2019s last day is Sept. 18.<\/p>\n

The letter seemed designed to put distance between Garcia and City Hall, where she has served as Hizzoner\u2019s \u2018Ms. Fix It\u2019 in times of crisis:<\/p>\n