{"id":4429,"date":"2013-05-29T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2013-06-05T17:08:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T00:08:26","slug":"the-sanitation-gestapo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/29\/the-sanitation-gestapo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sanitation Gestapo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2013\/05\/court-also-thinks-2000-fine-for-plucking-a-used-tv-antenna-from-the-trash-is-ridiculous\/\" target=\"_blank\">from The New York Observer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Court Also Thinks $2,000 Fine for Plucking a Used TV Antenna From the Trash is\u00a0Ridiculous<\/h1>\n<p>By\u00a0<a title=\"View All Posts by Alyssa Berlin\" href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/author\/alyssa-berlin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alyssa Berlin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\" title=\"(Getty)\" alt=\"On Earth Day, San Francisco Expands Recycling To Rigid Plastics (Getty)\" src=\"http:\/\/nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/recycle.jpg?w=300&amp;h=204\" width=\"240\" height=\"auto\" \/>One man\u2019s simple search for the perfect art project turned into a battle with New York City Courts.<\/p>\n<p>This week, a Manhattan appeals court overturned a $2,000 fine issued in 2011 to a Brooklyn carpenter, Albert Prince, for taking a TV antenna from the side of a curb. Yes, you read that right.<\/p>\n<p>The legal battle began when Mr. Prince, 56, saw the discarded trash and thought the antenna would make a great addition to an art project he was working on. He pulled his van over to the side of the road and began to sift through the trash.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, he was confronted by two sanitation cops who issued him a fine for \u201cunauthorized removal of residential recyclable material using a motor vehicle,\u201d a violation under title 48 of the New York City Code.\u00a0The cops also impounded Mr. Prince\u2019s car, \u00a0requiring him to pay $500 to get it back.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2013\/05\/court-also-thinks-2000-fine-for-plucking-a-used-tv-antenna-from-the-trash-is-ridiculous\/\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at The Observer<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The New York Observer Court Also Thinks $2,000 Fine for Plucking a Used TV Antenna From the Trash is\u00a0Ridiculous By\u00a0Alyssa Berlin One man\u2019s simple search for the perfect art project turned into a battle with New York City Courts. This week, a Manhattan appeals court overturned a $2,000 fine issued in 2011 to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}