glass and trash on bike path

[piermontcyclist]

Riverside Park is filled with trash and the bike path is COVERED with
glass!

Monday mornings are usually bad but today was particularly disgusting.
I saw a parks dept person photographing the piles of trash and we
talked for a bit about how bad it was. She told me that her people,
"work their butts off" cleaning up after the late night revelers in
that park every day and if I had a problem I should call the 30th
precinct. I did that (212-690-8811) and they said they don't handle
complaints like these and that I should call 311 which I did. I filed
a complaint and if anyone else is annoyed by having to ride through a
minefield of glass and debris everyday I would request that you do the
same. The operator on the 311 call was extremely helpful and
professional. I hope that this can get taken care of somehow, it's sad
and depressing to have to ride past piles of trash every morning!
There was so much glass today that I stopped and got off my bike and
walked because I was afraid I'd get a flat tire--it was that bad.

[Julie Adams]

You know what? I went to India for the first time in January and
everyone always talks about the poverty there and how dirty it is
there, but one thing I noticed is that you see employed people walking
around every day all day sweeping the public sidewalks and curbsides
by hand with brooms. Why don't our cities and towns create jobs like
that? We have them at establishments like amusement parks and zoos,
etc. We are way behind the people of India in this respect. They
have a proverb that says, "If everyone would sweep their own doorstep,
the whole world would be clean." Why are we so filthy in America? We
always act so uppity and smug like we're so clean and pristine. We
don't sweep our sidewalks continuously.

[Bomboloni]

I am guessing you are not a homeowner in NYC. We are required by law
to keep the sidewalks clean including 18" into the road. The
sanitation department has enforcement officers that follow the garbage
trucks around on their routes handing out fines that begin at $25. We
diligently hose down our sidewalk twice a day. If someone walks by
and drops a cigarette butt in front of the building while we are away
at work, we get a fine. I would say we are a bit over-obsessed with
cleanliness.

On Jul 21, 10:27 am, "Julie Adams" <juliekad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You know what?  I went to India for the first time in January and
> everyone always talks about the poverty there and how dirty it is
> there, but one thing I noticed is that you see employed people walking
> around every day all day sweeping the public sidewalks and curbsides
> by hand with brooms.  Why don't our cities and towns create jobs like
> that?  We have them at establishments like amusement parks and zoos,
> etc.  We are way behind the people of India in this respect.  They
> have a proverb that says, "If everyone would sweep their own doorstep,
> the whole world would be clean."  Why are we so filthy in America?  We
> always act so uppity and smug like we're so clean and pristine.  We
> don't sweep our sidewalks continuously.
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:16 AM, piermontcyclist
>

[Julie Adams]

That is equally insane, agreed. But I was thinking more of park and
public sidewalks rather than privately owned property. And I wasn't
thinking of making it so literal and brutal. I'm just talking about a
city employee that would assigned to sweep certain blocks at regular
intervals, etc. Not that each individual literally needs to run
outside every 10 minutes to see if someone dropped something.