A sanitation strike transformed New York’s richest streets into slums in days

Evidence

New York’s apocalypse occurred on Friday, February 2, when 10,000 sanitation workers went on strike. By Monday even the city’s ritziest sections were transformed into slums. “Mounds of refuse grew higher and strong winds whirled the filth through the streets,” reported the New York Times. In some neighborhoods, sidewalk garbage piles towered over parked cars and trash fires were becoming common. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1162