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The article discusses shredded paper manufactured by the Downtown Alliance. Executive Steven Josefsberg delivered one-half ton of shredded paper to Broadway Avenue in New York City in preparation for a parade celebrating the New York Yankees’ victory in Major League Baseball’s World Series. Twenty of thirty-two buildings along the parade route accepted free paper from the Alliance.

This article examines the clean-up methods New York City, New York employs after large-scale parades that utilize tons of shredded paper. The author notes that the city dumped approximately 50 tons of ticker tape on the Super Bowl XLII champions, the New York Giants. The author notes that city has improved the cleanup equipment used for such events but remarks that the methods are still not as environmentally friendly as they could be.

The article focuses on the popularity of "The Wave," the weekly community newspaper of Rockaway in New York City. The paper reports every eight-grade graduation and Little League parades in the town, in addition to its investigative-reporting division. "The Wave" is owned and published by Susan Locke and managed by Howard Schwach. Locke said that their newspaper became an important tool for local businesses during the economic downturn.