Basket Case: NYC Woman Throws Newspaper in Trash Can, Gets Fined $100

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) An 80-year-old New York City woman tossed a newspaper into a sidewalk trash can, and got slapped with a $100 fine for her trouble. 

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Manhattanite Delia Gluckin told The New York Post that she's ready to fight the summons she got from a Sanitation Department agent on Sunday.

Gluckin said she offered to take the paper out of the can, but the agent still wrote out the summons for putting "improper refuse in a city litter basket."

In a statement, the department said that many New Yorkers use corner trash cans as "their personal household dumping site." But it conceded that "being fined for tossing a newspaper into a basket is odd."

City litter baskets have signs that read: "litter only" and "no household trash."

Gluckin says she's on a fixed income and will fight the fine.