Natalie Migliore, WOR Reporter

Mendte in the Morning sent Natalie Migliore on the street to talk to the people of NYC about the DSNY offering money to people who tell on illegal dumpers and the city’s rat problems.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now it's seventen w o rs. Beat on the Street
with Natalie Migliori.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Natalie mcgliori is on trash Detail today looking for people
that will rat on illegal dumpers and where are all
the rats? Natalie Migliori gets the Beat on the Street.
Good morning Natalie, Good morning Larry.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
You know it's starting to be the holiday season. If
you want to make a little extra cash, you can
maybe rat on your neighbors. The Department of Sanitation is
reminding New Yorkers they can make some extra money by
reporting people who illegally dump on city sidewalks, highways, or
really anywhere. So I went out to see if New

(00:43):
Yorkers are willing to rat on their fellow community members
and neighbors for pay day.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
I actually have good neighbors, so in this situation, I.

Speaker 4 (00:53):
Want to I wouldn't write nobody for no money. No,
that's snitching. What it depends on what they read on
their neighbors for cash. I'm sure everybody would.

Speaker 5 (01:01):
Yeah, No, it's actually not my style. No, I don't
think I would do that. I mean, I have a
really bad neighbor, to be honest, but I still wouldn't
do that. I find something else to do.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
You're right, A left neighbor, the one across the street.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
What do you think?

Speaker 4 (01:12):
Definitely across.

Speaker 5 (01:13):
I've lost a lot of good neighbors in my building,
so they get.

Speaker 4 (01:16):
To pass everywhere, right, left, top, bottom, everywhere.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
Now some people change their minds once I told them
the Department of Sanitation is trying to root out illegal dumpers,
which is specifically when someone gets out of their vehicle
to get rid of garbage. A lot of the times
they see construction or landscaping DeBras.

Speaker 4 (01:38):
First depends on the neighbor. And definitely, because I'll be
driving this trash. What the hell, it's just messed up.
There would be a waste of time because nothing will
get done. Nothing will get done. I can maratter my neighbor,
but they don't mean nothing. It's gonna stop. If if
one neighborho doesn't do it, then there'll be somebody else
that will.

Speaker 5 (01:54):
I try to mind my own. You know, I may
not like the person, but I don't think. I don't
think I still do that. There may be repercussions to
that as well.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Oh that fuck has It depends how much are you paying?

Speaker 3 (02:06):
Ah? Well, it got a little curious there. The Department
of Sanitation says you could either report the illegal dumping
via an online app to David and submit a video
or some sort of proof that you've seen it. The
other is simply by tipping off the city and then
catching the person. Either way, you could make up to
fifty percent of defining the city collects from the dumper

(02:27):
that's caught. Some people believe the tip program will help
keep the city tidy, but it could be hard to
catch offenders.

Speaker 4 (02:35):
That's part of the problem. Yeah, they have a lot
of people that are that do stuff like that. So
a lot of times, you know, you never you never
know who's leaving, who's dumping track, who isn't. You just
know you got nasty people that just don't care.

Speaker 5 (02:47):
I'm pretty sure that it possibly can. I don't see
why not, but I think ultimately, I mean, it's the
super who's you know, responsible for making sure that things
are in order, that the garbage is being processed correctly.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
But of course there is no super on the side
of the road if you've got an illegal dumper. So
we'll really see how that happens. And you know, anytime
we talk about trash or we talk trash in New
York City. You got to ask people how we're doing
with the rats, especially after the city's rats are Catherine
Karate left their posts earlier this year.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
I actually, you haven't seen any rats, honestly, less.

Speaker 4 (03:23):
And where I'm going and where I'm at at the time,
I don't know. Maybe rats around someplace else better to go.

Speaker 5 (03:28):
I've seen in the past, obviously, but as of late,
I mean here where I work, I haven't seen much
at all within the last year or two. I'm sure
they're still out there, though not too much rats, you know,
too much rats. There's more rats than restaurants, you know, yeah,
more rats than people.

Speaker 4 (03:42):
I'm serious.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
And the rats is brave.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
They'll come towards you.

Speaker 5 (03:44):
They not running.

Speaker 4 (03:45):
You know, when I used to see rats they run
away from you.

Speaker 1 (03:48):
They not even running no more.

Speaker 5 (03:49):
But you see cat rats, like cat size rats, like
black cats.

Speaker 4 (03:53):
You'll see them in the rat form. It's nasty.

Speaker 5 (03:55):
And their tails are huge too.

Speaker 3 (03:57):
You can only imagine my face when that guy was
described how big of a rack you've seen, Larry. So
there you have it. I mean, people got some pretty
good New Yorker, some loyal New Yorkers here Larry, who
really wouldn't nt on their neighbors even if they don't
like them. I don't know. I kind of like the drama.
I might be going and rent on the neighbor if

(04:18):
I find a little bit of a legal dumping over here.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
Well, really, you'd be the snitch. You'd be the neighborhood snitch.

Speaker 5 (04:26):
You know.

Speaker 3 (04:26):
I don't really have time for it, but hey, if
there might see the fine is like fifteen thousand dollars, Larry,
and you can make fifty percent off of that. That's
seven thousand dollars. You like, that's like how many months
of rent for some people.

Speaker 4 (04:40):
You know.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
That's a good point. That's true. Maybe elsnitch too, that's
not a bad point. Let's talk about the rats for
a second. Have you seen a lot of rats these days?
I don't see them anymore.

Speaker 3 (04:52):
I do see them, but maybe that's the hours that
I'm out. You know, I'm out walking around at like
five thirty six o'clock on the streets, and I've seen
some pretty big rats and it's fast. I feel like
they're getting fast.

Speaker 2 (05:01):
To Larry, did you chase them?

Speaker 4 (05:04):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (05:05):
I do, because I try to get them on video
to show you to show you, to show you that
they're out there and they just scurry away from me.

Speaker 4 (05:12):
Oh god, i'd love to see that.

Speaker 2 (05:14):
Natalie Migliore is going to be back tomorrow morning at
eight fifty. Thanks Natalie. We're still getting more information about
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