Content area
Full Text
On a recent Monday morning, a gaggle of gray-haired retirees stood out in front of Conte's Market on the corner of East 89th Street and York Avenue talking about the usual: the weather, the traffic, the kids, the neighbors - and, of course, the East 91st Street marine waste-transfer station.
"It's the most absurd idea," said Michael Cohen, a retired advertising executive, cradling a fluffy white dog in his arms. Buttressing that view, he noted that out of all the candidates running for mayor, only one, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, publicly supports the city's decision to resurrect and expand the trash facility that has perched above the FDR Drive at East 91st Street since 1940 and was
shuttered in 1999.
"Where's the logic?" asked Pat, a retired community-college professor who lives across the street (and who asked that her last name not be used). She pointed out that the ramp the trash trucks will use to access the facility cuts through the middle of Asphalt Green, a popular neighborhood recreational facility used daily by thousands of children.
"What about all those shrimpy kids?" she moaned.
Rather than find out, diehard opponents are battling on - and on. Some have threatened to lie down in...