"And you just wouldn't go to Fresh Kills landfill to have the ashes spread around."
"We all grew up in the shadow of the Fresh Kills landfill," he said.
Who would own the schools, police precincts and the vast Fresh Kills landfill?
Three finalists have been named in a design competition to plan the future of the Fresh Kills landfill.
No attempt is being made to properly bury the dead; they remain in Fresh Kills landfill.
The city will close two major sections of its Fresh Kills landfill by the end of next year.
In the 1990s, the island escaped becoming part of the Fresh Kills Landfill.
But he said that he would not reopen the Fresh Kills landfill.
"He doesn't need directions to the Fresh Kills landfill," he said.
About 150 cartons of records were compacted and sent to the Fresh Kills landfill, university officials said.
