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Newspaper boxes, often broken, littered and sprawling with graffiti along sidewalks across the Big Apple, will soon be yesterday’s news — thanks to a new City Council bill approved Wednesday that aims to cleanup the “public nuisance.”
The legislation requires the owners of the boxes to display their contact information – including a name, telephone number and address – so passersby can expeditiously report ones in disrepair.
“We love convenient access to favorite local publications, but we don’t love it when the newsracks are broken, abandoned, filthy or tipped over,” said City Council Member Erik Bottcher, (D-Manhattan) the bill’s sponsor. “Our legislation will establish clear guidelines and help ensure that our local publications get to maintain their newsracks while also helping to alleviate sidewalk congestion.”…