BY MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to charge religious institutions and nonprofit organizations a fee for garbage pickup beginning in July 2012 drew stiff opposition at a City Council hearing Thursday.
Council Member Fernando Cabrera, a Bronx Democrat who is also a church pastor, denounced the proposal as an unfair burden. He estimated that the fee, if imposed, could cause 10% of religious institutions citywide to close, though he acknowledged the ...
