The uncle, who is autistic, tossed the baby down the chute to the basement incinerator three floors below in the Park Hill building around 3:10 p.m., police said.

A 1-year-old girl was thrown down a garbage chute by her uncle, sending her tumbling three floors to the basement incinerator inside a Staten Island apartment building Monday afternoon, cops said ...

Police say a 1-year-old baby was rushed to the hospital after police say a man threw the child down a garbage chute in Park Hill, Staten Island.

Baby placed inside garbage chute in Staten Island recovered: Police The 1-year-old girl sustained a minor abrasion to her torso, the New York Police Department said.

The New York Police Department said it found a 1-year-old girl who had been placed inside a garbage chute.