New York City is making changes to its garbage collections to ensure that around-the-clock cleanup continues in hard-hit neighborhoods.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that collections will be reduced in areas without a heavy storm impact.

He says the collections could go from three days a week to two � or from two days to one.

The department will not be collecting curbside recycling until further notice.

Sanitation enforcement agents won�t be writing violations for refuse left at curbside throughout the city during the emergency operation.

Bloomberg visited sanitation workers at a garage in Rockaway, Queens, on Tuesday morning.

(AP)