So the vocalist is Manhattan Transfer's Laurel Masse, whose luscious chops are complemented by a jaunty clarinet and mellow, slightly melancholy bass line, all part of an arrangement that Mansfield himself cooked up.

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The transfer station has been a flash point in Manhattan politics since Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed reopening a dormant site over a decade ago as part of an overhaul of the city's trash-removal system, which had relied largely on trucks and facilities concentrated in low-income neighborhoods in boroughs outside Manhattan.

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Next, catch the G train and transfer to the F at Bergen Street station to cross the East River into Manhattan.

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