{"id":730466,"date":"2026-06-28T04:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/730466\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T04:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:43:08","slug":"nyc-is-giving-away-5-free-knicks-themed-trash-cans-but-winning-one-is-a-longshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/730466\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC is giving away 5 free Knicks-themed trash cans \u2014 but winning one is a longshot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"29pq6\">New Yorkers don\u2019t have to commit a crime to get the hottest Knicks memorabilia in town \u2014 a city trash can.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1a1re\">The Department of Sanitation is giving away five brand new, standard-issue 30-pound litter baskets that are painted orange with cobalt blue vertical stripes and rims.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2trt0\">The metal wastebaskets are the very same bins out on street corners that became a symbol of Knicks majesty after their historic championship win this month.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"qir7\">The winners of the giveaway will be picked at random through an <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=x2_1MoFfIk6pWxXaZlE776Nvl1-PwtJHqF-O1xv82q1UQVk5WVdHWExIUEIxRDJaUU9IUTVRNVo2RC4u&amp;route=shorturl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">online drawing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"asunm\">The contest comes one week after a Knicks fan attempted to steal one of the 28-inch metal trash cans off the street during the championship parade. Angie Baez went viral after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nypost\/video\/7655011785027636493\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a> video showed her dumping trash from a commemorative bin onto the sidewalk and carrying it off. Baez lost her job as a JPMorgan executive and was fined $75 for littering and an additional $100 for interfering with sanitation operations. The stolen trash can was returned.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5vn6\">\u201cFouling up our sidewalks and stealing public property should always be out of bounds in New York City,\u201d Sanitation Commissioner Gregory Anderson wrote in a statement. \u201cDSNY is thrilled to turn over five brand-new litter baskets to lucky Knicks fans, the same heavy baskets we use on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9q8r1\">Anyone 18 and older is eligible to enter the online drawing by July 3 before 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1f7ec\">The winner will be announced soon after the deadline. Only one entry is permitted per person.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"35m3q\">\u201cStealing is a technical foul, but entering this drawing to win a full-sized litter basket is a clean win for all New Yorkers,\u201d sanitation department spokesperson Vincent Gragnani wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"fni0f\">Other trash-themed Knicks souvenirs are also for sale through the local brand <a href=\"https:\/\/onlyny.com\/collections\/2026-champions-collection\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Only NY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2033d\">While there&#8217;s no calculating the street value of a historic trash can, a kitchen wastebasket resembling the special edition city street bin is selling for $168. A 4-inch trash can pen holder retails for $58.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Yorkers don\u2019t have to commit a crime to get the hottest Knicks memorabilia in town \u2014 a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-730466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}