Welcome AVAC repair work is underway along the West Promenade near Rivercross. Recurring problems leading to shutdowns have hampered the garbage collection system since last
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The Newly Renovated AVAC System Breaks Down Again… and Again
Envac Iberia promised RIOC a newly renovated AVAC system in the spring of 2019, and RIOC awarded them $1.7 million for the project. The work
Reverse Nostalgia. AVAC Breaks Down Again After a Single Day
Reverse nostalgia greeted some Roosevelt Islanders for Thanksgiving. Smelly hallways and heaps of black trash bags herald a new AVAC failure, after just one day.
RIOC finally updates on the AVAC, and it’s good news…
When RIOC updates on the AVAC, it’s always a little confusing and incomplete. But this time, it’s also mostly good news. By David Stone The
As AVAC Crisis Now Worsens, RIOC Retreats In Silence
The AVAC crisis, we learned yesterday, has grown much worse. Now six months long, RIOC predicts as much as another half-year before it’s fixed. The
For residents bummed over the long broken AVAC, a new round of cryptic messages
The broken AVAC residents have dealt with since May got another spray of cryptic messaging from RIOC. Cryptic because each message contradicts something before it,
The Ugly AVAC Breakdown Now Extends Trash Heaps Through Roosevelt Landings
The crisis caused by a nearly six month AVAC breakdown grew, this week,as the trash collection mess extended into Roosevelt Landings. Roosevelt Landings is the
Is the AVAC down for good? Views of the future for Southtown
Is the AVAC down for good? The question can’t be avoided now that almost half a year has passed since the system functioned consistently from
The AVAC Is Broken Again, Says RIOC’s Vague Alert
News that the AVAC is broken again stumbled out of RIOC‘s alleged Communications Team’s alert system yesterday afternoon. We think so, that is, because they
THE AVAC IS FIXED, SAYS RIOC, BUT NOW REALITY TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY
The AVAC is fixed, RIOC crowed on September 3rd, but for much of Roosevelt Island, the claim was false. Clogged chutes, smelly, cramped refuse rooms
