Because some [officials] do not do their jobs, I HAVE TO. I have been complaining about garbage that gets thrown down onto the sidewalk next to my building at the empty lot at corner of 170th St/90th Ave for some time now. Normally I would pick it up but decided to not do anything for 11 days. Well litter accumulated, dog sh*t all around and the weeds growing high on the sidewalk. But no one did a damn thing about it, the owner never came out, nothing. So on Day 11, I decided to do their jobs and take care of it myself, cleaned up all the garbage and dog sh*t and removed the weeds with my bare hands (since I live in a co-op and have no use for a weed wacker or other tools, plus spent my own money to buy Do Not Litter and No Dumping signs to put on the fence. Before and After photos attached.
You can place the check in the mail.
So what are they going to do now that Blumenfeld Development Group is spending $50 million on a retail projects 2 blocks away from me at 168th St and 90th Avenue? Are they going to just let dirty diapers, cans, bottles, dog sh*t, fast food containers and every other piece of trash that some of our low class residents throw all over the place just pile up or are they actually going to do their jobs? Because nothing says success like a $50 million retail project surrounded by dog sh*t, cheap liquor bottles and dirty diapers. Hey millions were spent on the Merrick Blvd Library and every time I go by it, garbage is all over the sidewalks around it.
Some of them are just plain damn pathetic and a disgrace to the community.
The New York Daily News article on the Jamaica Downtown Retail Project
Joe Moretti
Jamaica, NY 11432
http://cleanupjamaicaqueens.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CleanUpJamaicaQueens
3 comments:
You are doing a great service. But Joe you should start a small crew of volunteers and get more done with help. Get others active in your activity and the good vibes will grow better than the weeds.
Get others active....
Yea, good advice, like those that are on the public tab for actually being responsible for this like our elected officials.
For the moment. It wont last forever.
The problem is you've got to clean up the people.
This is one of Queens' 3rd world dumping grounds.
But keep up the heat Joe.
Maybe it'll shame the crooked pols who run Jamaica to clean up regularly.
And those look-the-other-way folks at the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. ("white boy" Carlisle Towrey in particular) had better earn their salaries!
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