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The US military on Thursday launched

retaliatory airstrikes targeting an Iranian-

backed militia in Iraq.

The airstrikes were launched against sev-

eral targets belonging to Kata’eb Hezbollah,

the group believed to be responsible for a

rocket attack that killed two Americans and

a British soldier a day earlier.

The militia’s weapons facilities were

struck, an official speaking on the condition

of anonymity told The Associated Press.

Earlier Thursday, the top general com-

manding US forces in the Middle East sin-

gled out the Iranian group operating in Iraq

as responsible for Wednesday’s deadly

rocket attack.

“The Iranian proxy group Kata’eb Hez-

bollah is the only group known to have pre-

viously conducted an indirect-fire attack of

this scale against US and coalition forces in

Iraq,” Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (right) told

Senate lawmakers Thursday.

Despite the addition of more than 10,

American troops to the region since May,

McKenzie said Iran continues its attacks

against US forces.

“What has not changed is their continu-

ing desire to operate through their proxies

indirectly against us,” McKenzie said.

Britain on Thursday demanded that

Iraqi authorities take action to iden-

tify those responsible.

“I welcome the Iraqi president’s

call for an immediate investiga-

tion to hold perpetrators to ac-

count — but we must see ac-

tion,” British Foreign Secretary

Dominic Raab said.

Bob Fredericks

US airstrikes hit Iran-backed militia

AP

A judge ruled Thursday

that Gov. Cuomo and the

Legislature broke the law

last year when they punted

an overhaul of the state’s

election laws and cam-

paign-finance regulations

to an unelected panel.

Niagara County Supreme

Court Justice Ralph Boni-

ello declared that the panel

— funded in last year’s state

budget — amounted to “an

improper and unconstitu-

tional delegation of legisla-

tive authority” and knocked

down the major changes it

ordered.

The Public Finance and

Elections Commission —

whose members included

Cuomo ally and state Dem-

ocratic Party chairman Jay

Jacobs — had recom-

mended stricter contribu-

tion limits for statewide

and legislative campaigns,

while instituting a new

matching-funds program

for candidates. It also re-

quired that minor parties

get 130,000 votes each to

keep their ballot lines — up

from 50,000.

“This ruling is a victory

for the voters of New York

state. We need more choi-

ces, not fewer, to build a

strong democracy,” said

Working Families state

party chief Sochie Nnae­-

meka, a plaintiff in the case.

Officials are expected to

appeal. Bernadette Hogan

and Carl Campanile

Judge slaps state elex-reform panel

By Rich Calder

One of the most infamous

scenes in the Big Apple could

soon be headed for the bin, with

the city on Thursday rolling out

two new programs aimed at keep-

ing bags of trash off the curb —

and away from rats.

The city’s Sanitation and Trans-

portation departments are team-

ing up to get key business districts

— like Times Square and parts of

Downtown Brooklyn — to join a

new “Clean Curbs” pilot program,

which will install sealed contain-

ers on the street to keep commer-

cial trash off sidewalks.

Additionally, the Department of

Sanitation plans to require all new

300-plus-unit buildings to put

their garbage into sealed contain-

ers — rather than piling it in bags

that New York’s rats and other

vermin often claw into for food.

“City pedestrians navigate around

piles of trash and recycling that take

up significant sidewalk space,” San-

itation Commissioner Kathryn Gar-

cia said. “It is time to make smarter,

more efficient choices when it

comes to the way New Yorkers set

out refuse and recycling for collec-

tion in the public right of way.”

Under the new plan, new resi-

dential buildings with at least 150

units will also have to submit a

management plan to the city out-

lining how they’ll store trash and

recyclables indoors between regu-

lar scheduled pickups.

Buildings that don’t comply

won’t receive free pickup from the

Department of Sanitation.

Garcia said the city is currently

focusing on new buildings but is

open to expanding the rules to

cover other types of residences.

“If we have success, we would

want to look at it more broadly,”

Garcia said. “I’m hopeful that is

where we end up.”

It’s unclear when the pilot pro-

gram or the proposed regulations

will go into effect, but the city has

scheduled a public hearing on the

rules for April 16.

Garcia declined to say which

business improvement districts

have already expressed interest in

the pilot program or when they

will be able to apply.

Transportation Commissioner

Polly Trottenberg said that “al-

lowing eligible BIDs to experi-

ment with installing sealed, on-

street garbage and recycling con-

tainers will help make New York’s

bustling sidewalks cleaner, more

accessible and more enjoyable for

residents and tourists alike.”

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City’s ‘bin’ planning

garbage-can fixes

The Department of Sanitation, sick of rat-luring trash on

sidewalks, is rolling out programs to tackle the problem:

n New “Clean Curbs” pilot program allows business improvement

districts to get sealed, on-street containers for trash and recycling.

n New buildings with 300 or

more apartments must store

waste in sealed containers.

n New buildings with 150 or more

apartments must submit a waste-

management plan to the city.

n Containerization requires waste be kept in large containers,

to be collected by specialized sanitation trucks.

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