Sunday, October 5, 2014
Cleanliness is next to godliness
From PIX11:
Trash is not an uncommon sight along New York City streets.
Neighbor across the city regularly organize clean-up projects. In Long Island City, one group helped clean up an area around Queens Plaza.
A website in Jamaica, Queens routinely calls on elected leaders and neighbors to pitch in and help.
NYC’s Department of Sanitation has more than 6,000 workers who collect 12,000 tons of trash and recycling every day. They also sweep the city’s 6,000 miles of streets and empty 25,000 corner litter baskets.
For equipment and help organizing a neighborhood clean up, contact building management or the DSNY’s Community Liaison Unit at (646) 885-DSNY.
Report trash to NYC 311 here.
8 comments:
DSNY should be forced to clean those streets in LIC. That's their job! Where are the street sweepers?
DSNY has become very wise to the fact that when a community becomes so dirty that residents have to complain to their elected representatives, right away, a contract is signed with the Doe Fund Organization to clean their streets and sidewalks on a daily basis. Hence the DSNY is off the hook but the taxpayer must pay for the Doe Fund with their own taxes. So as a result, we are being double taxed because DSNY cannot do their job effectively. DSNY had become one of the most poorly run agencies in the city.
Kudos to those community-minded individuals! What's so wrong with cleaning up your own neighborhood once in a while given that the city clearly neglects its responsibilities in favor of funding bike lanes and tourist attractions?
Too bad it would never happen in Flooshing because the people here don't give a shit!
I think it is great when people in a community pitch in to help clean up, BUT that should not take the place of DOS doing the job they are paid for or an excuse for elected officials to not put pressure on regarding the problem.
I will say it again, ENFORCEMENT. Too many people in this city realize there are no consequences or very little for their actions.
The company that eons that warehouse property should be cleaning it on a daily basis, as required by law. If they do not, then DSNY should be giving them summonses . Why isn't thus happening?
"Why isn't this happening?"
Just look for a DSNY inspector who will more than likely be catnapping in his hybrid car, parked in a desolate area. If he is not in his car, look for him in a pizzeria or a newsstand buying lottery tickets. And you wonder why there is no sanitation law enforcement...
Anonymous We're Queens - We Can't Have Nice Things said...
Kudos to those community-minded individuals! What's so wrong with cleaning up your own neighborhood once in a while given that the city clearly neglects its responsibilities in favor of funding bike lanes and tourist attractions?
big problem in we doing this - millions of dollars that should go into this goes into very questonable projects that benefit insiders. if we did not do their shit work and get the pols off the hook, they would have to man up and get it done with money that they would waste on cronies.
DEMAND SERVICES THAT YOU PAY FOR!
"Doe Fund Organization to clean their streets"
Waste of taxpayer dollars especially in places where the urban dwellers like living as slobs.
Clean a dirty street in Flushing or Jamaica and come back in 3 days.
Some neighborhoods cant be fixed because it the inhabitants themselves that need the cleaning or removing. Places like Jamaica have been hopeless since Lindsay dumped all them section 8s under the train in the 60s. deblasio and his buddy Viv will only bring worse faster spreading cancer
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