Editing Manhattan (section)

===Utilities===
Gas and electric service is provided by [[Consolidated Edison]]. Manhattan witnessed the doubling of its [[natural gas]] supply when a new [[gas pipeline]] opened on November 1, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-05/a-natural-gas-line-reaches-new-york-city|title=Cheap Natural Gas Hits New York City|author=Matthew Philips|publisher=BloombergBusinessweek|date=November 5, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822030922/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-05/a-natural-gas-line-reaches-new-york-city|archive-date=August 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Con Edison steam operations|Con Edison operates]] the world's largest [[District heating|district steam]] system, which consists of {{convert|105|mi|km}} of steam pipes, providing steam for heating, hot water, and air conditioning<ref>Ray, C. Claiborne. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/12/science/q-a-931992.html "Q&A"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328070800/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/12/science/q-a-931992.html |date=March 28, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 12, 1992. Accessed June 30, 2009. "In a steam-powered system, the whole cycle of compression, cooling, expansion and evaporation takes place in a closed system, like that in a refrigerator or electrical air-conditioner. The difference, Mr. Sarno said, is that the mechanical power to run the compressor comes from steam-powered turbines, not electrical motors."</ref> by some 1,800 Manhattan customers.<ref>[http://www.coned.com/history/steam.asp A brief history of con edison: steam] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060312062632/http://www.coned.com/history/steam.asp |date=March 12, 2006 }}, [[Consolidated Edison]]. Accessed May 16, 2007.</ref> Cable service is provided by [[Time Warner Cable]] and telephone service is provided by [[Verizon Communications]], although [[AT&T]] is available as well.

The [[New York City Department of Sanitation]] is responsible for garbage removal.<ref>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/about/about.shtml About DSNY] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523110528/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/about/about.shtml |date=May 23, 2007 }}, [[New York City Department of Sanitation]]. Accessed May 16, 2007.</ref> The bulk of the city's trash is disposed at mega-dumps in Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio (via transfer stations in New Jersey, Brooklyn and Queens) since the 2001 closure of the [[Fresh Kills Landfill]] on [[Staten Island]].<ref>Burger, Michael and Stewart, Christopher. [http://www.gothamgazette.com/iotw/garbage/ "Garbage After Fresh Kills"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216161617/http://www.gothamgazette.com/iotw/garbage/ |date=February 16, 2010 }}, ''[[Gotham Gazette]]'', January 28, 2001. Accessed May 16, 2007.</ref> A small amount of trash processed at transfer sites in New Jersey is sometimes incinerated at [[waste-to-energy]] facilities.

New York City has the largest clean-air diesel-[[hybrid vehicle|hybrid]] and [[compressed natural gas]] bus fleet, which also operates in Manhattan, in the country. It also has some of the first hybrid taxis, most of which operate in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2005-07-01a.asp |title= New York City's Yellow Cabs Go Green |publisher= [[Sierra Club]] |date= July 1, 2005 |access-date= December 20, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090107223735/http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2005-07-01a.asp |archive-date= January 7, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>