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Fresh Kills

waste site, New York, United States
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  • Statue of Liberty
    New York City
    / Staten Island

    …largest garbage disposal site, the Fresh Kills landfill, but it closed for good in 2001, and the site is slated to be transformed into a large park. In 1993 Staten Islanders voted to secede from New York City. Although the action was blocked by the state assembly, the idea of…

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    …largest garbage disposal site, the Fresh Kills landfill, but it closed for good in 2001, and the site is slated to be transformed into a large park. In 1993 Staten Islanders voted to secede from New York City. Although the action was blocked by the state assembly, the idea of…

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