These guy are winning in garbage time.
Five lucky New Yorkers scored some big buckets Friday — when they each took home a Knicks-themed metal trash can, just like the one a JP Morgan executive lost her job for stealing during the team’s NBA Finals victory parade last month.
The city’s Sanitation Department plucked the lucky crew from an incredible 125,000 applicants as part of the “No Need to Knick a Bin” contest.
“People are getting fired over these!” winner Alfonso Bravo, of Kingsbridge Heights, said after he was awarded the branded trash bin.
The winners were unveiled Friday at a celebration at the DSNY’s Upper West Side garage, where each was handed their spoils before a jealous crowd.
They were selected at random as part of the contest, which the DSNY launched as a not-so-subtle dig at Angie Baez, who went viral for stealing a painted bin off the Knicks ticker tape parade route last month.
The former JP Morgan executive was caught spilling the contents of the basket onto the streets before lugging her new 30-pound prize home via the subway.
“We all saw on video that they can be carried away, and I appreciate all of you who are about to do so with our permission,” said DSNY Commissioner Gregory Anderson.
“May these baskets remind all New Yorkers that keeping our city clean is always in bounds. Trash belongs in a basket or a bin — not on the sidewalk.
Bravo of the Bronx, Daniel LaVert of Brooklyn, Mia Manathan of Manhattan, Gabriela Manzanares, of Queens and Scott Simas, of Staten Island’s Dongan Hills made up the winning team.
The five victors each represented one borough — and the DSNY emphasized that the only qualifications the candidates needed to meet were the ability to get the 30-pound baskets out of the Upper West Side office and bring them home.
Being a Knicks fan, however, was not a requirement.
“I’m more of an interior design fan than a sports fan. I love New York though, so it’s cool to be able to celebrate with everyone and to have this one-of-a-kind piece,” admitted LaVert, originally of Chicago and now living in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
“I feel like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It’s like my golden ticket!” he continued, saying he would use it for storage.
Manathan, of East Harlem, told The Post she thought she was receiving a “scam email” when the DSNY let her know she won.
“I’m just happy to have it. Wow, what a one in a million chance of winning!” she said, adding that she now has to figure out where to put it.
“It’s a good conversation starter in a traditional New York City apartment. As you can imagine, I don’t live in a mansion, but what am I going to put in it?”
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