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Free West Side Shred Day: Sunday, May 21

May 20, 2023 | 2:37 AM
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Amy
Amy
2 years ago

I’m so glad Assemblymember Rosenthal and her staff are continuing to hold this periodic event–providing a terrific–free!–service to the community. Great opportunity to safely and responsibly dispose of sensitive documents that are no longer needed and may be crowding file cabinets and closets. Thanks, too, to the West Side Rag for highlighting the initiative!

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Maria
Maria
2 years ago
Reply to  Amy

Ditto! I used the shred service last November and will use it again on Sunday. It is very quick and they do everything for you (but get the boxes over to 72nd Street). Great to have this!

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Maria
Maria
2 years ago
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P.S. The shredder is a big, industrial one (not like the one in the photo).

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Fellow westsider
Fellow westsider
2 years ago

How does the service work? Is there an actual paper shredder on site where one feeds the documents themselves through the shredder?

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Maria
Maria
2 years ago
Reply to  Fellow westsider

The shredder is onsite in a huge truck. The person who works the shredder takes your papers from you and feeds them into the shredder while you watch. No, you cannot do it yourself.

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lynn
lynn
2 years ago
Reply to  Fellow westsider

It’s not expensive to get your own home/office paper shredder.

In any case, everything is put into large plastic bins and a truck sits in front of the building and does the actual shredding. The noise is over the top. I’m not sure why this has to be an ‘event.’

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Daniel
Daniel
2 years ago

Wow! A whole day’s notice about the event. Thanks!

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Amy
Amy
2 years ago
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Assemblymember Rosenthal announced the upcoming event in her e-newsletter weeks ago. You can sign up for news from her office at: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Linda-B-Rosenthal/enews/
(and if you can’t make it tomorrow, you might email her staff at rosenthall@nyassembly.org to ask when the next Shred Day after tomorrow’s will be)

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richard berman
richard berman
2 years ago
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No good deed goes unpunished.

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Bracha
Bracha
2 years ago

This is a very helpful event that tends to happen twice yearly and Assembly Member Rosenthal is usually there in case you have any issues to mention about the neighborhood. I’ve used it the past couple years, it’s a quick receptive experience.

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Gladys
Gladys
2 years ago

Thankful for this event! When the ad mentions limit 3 boxes, I figure the dimensions are equal to a typical file box? Does anybody know?
I have 3 fresh direct bags ready to go. I hope this will be okay! Any thoughts are welcome.

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Nancy Ingersoll
Nancy Ingersoll
2 years ago

Very helpful…
I started sorting papers for the next event immediately upon my return home…
Thank you Assemblywoman Rosenthal for providing this service…😇

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