Exclusive: CM Erik Bottcher and West Side electeds implore DSNY for clean Manhattan streets (New York: crime)

[Aeran]

It's not only Manhattan. I see piles of trash all over on my daily treks. Queens is... dirty. But, I guess they're highlighting Manhattan because of tourism. I think increasing crime is more of a problem than trash...

https://www.amny.com/news/cm-bottche...clean-streets/

Elected officials on Manhattan’s West Side are telling DSNY it’s time to clean up their act—the city may have reopened but lax sanitation efforts are putting a stink on tourism.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many city-run programs halted or were scaled back due to protocol safety measures and staffing shortages—and into the fall of 2021 some workers refused to be vaccinated despite the mandates. Although Mayor Eric Adams recently flipped the switch on encouraging tourism back into New York City through the Winter Outing Program, some elected officials fear that sanitation conditions will deter tourists from visiting their district.

[dfc99]

Report overflowing DSNY wastebaskets at this link - https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/sit...ervice-request

[Gantz]

Originally Posted by Aeran

It's not only Manhattan. I see piles of trash all over on my daily treks. Queens is... dirty. But, I guess they're highlighting Manhattan because of tourism. I think increasing crime is more of a problem than trash...

Crime and litter/trash go hand in hand. During the worst crime waves the city also gets noticeably dirtier. As the Broken Windows policy experiments showed, people are more likely to commit crimes in areas that are deemed as "unkept" and not "in order". Similarly, people are a lot more likely to litter if there is already trash on the streets.

[Aeran]

Originally Posted by Gantz

Crime and litter/trash go hand in hand. During the worst crime waves the city also gets noticeably dirtier. As the Broken Windows policy experiments showed, people are more likely to commit crimes in areas that are deemed as "unkept" and not "in order". Similarly, people are a lot more likely to litter if there is already trash on the streets.

I agree. I noticed the subway platforms and cars getting noticeably and increasingly dirtier within the first year of de Blasio's mayorship. I recall at the time thinking that is not a good sign.

[dfc99]

Here's the DSNY street cleanliness report by Community Board (pdf) -

Staten Island has the highest Percent of Acceptably Clean Streets at 98.8%. And BTW we do not have Alt Side Parking on S.I., we keep our own curbs clean.

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/operatio...br_streets.pdf