Mayor Bill de Blasio Moves East 91st Street Ramp

The ramp is moving.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has decided to move the East 91st Street garbage truck ramp that bisects Asphalt Green’s Upper East Side campus one block north to East 92nd Street. This decision will keep the more than 400,000 children who come through our facilities each year out of harm’s way.

“Today the families of Asphalt Green can breathe a huge sigh of relief,” said Andrew Nussbaum, chairman of Asphalt Green. “On behalf of our one million annual visitors and the children we serve in our city’s public schools, we thank Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Garcia for this important decision that will make our streets and community safer.”

Thank you to everyone—city officials, families, Asphalt Green members—who advocated to move the ramp. Most importantly, please join us in thanking Mayor de Blasio by tweeting @BilldeBlasio.   

Read more about the decision in the New York Times, Capital New York, and the New York Daily News.