Councilman secures funds to clean up trash that
is piling up in Jackson Heights and Elmhurst
BY BILL PARRY
With trash piling up in
Queens neighborhoods since
the NYC Department of Sanitation’s
budget was slashed by
more than $106 million due to
the financial crisis caused by
the COVID-19 shutdown, Councilman
Daniel Dromm secured
funding for additional cleaning
services on the streets and
sidewalks Jackson Heights and
Elmhurst, two of the hardesthit
neighborhoods during the
pandemic.
Dromm allocated $160,000
to the Association of Community
Employment Programs for
the Homeless, Inc.(ACE) for 128
hours a supplemental cleaning
services each week.
ACE employees are now
regularly sweeping community
streets and sidewalks, periodically
removing taped flyers
from lampposts, and emptying
trash bins to prevent them from
overflowing. ACE has resumed
cleaning services in Jackson
Heights and Elmhurst while
wearing personal protective
equipment and adhering to social
distancing practices to keep
residents and workers safe.
“These thousands of dollars
in funding mean a cleaner Jackson
Heights and Elmhurst for
everyone,” Dromm said. “We
are in the middle of a financial
crisis. The restoration of these
dollars was not easy. I fought
long and hard to ensure that my
district receives the funding we
need to increase these important
services. I want to thank
ACE for their impeccable work
which keeps our streets and
sidewalks clean.”
ACE employees will clean
along Roosevelt Avenue and
37th Avenue from 69th Street to
81st Street; 73rd Street through
77th Street between Roosevelt
Avenue and 37th Avenue;
Broadway from 72nd Street to
Elmhurst Avenue; and Diversity
Plaza. Dromm also secured
$30,000 that will enable the
NYC Department of Sanitation
to conduct additional weekend
garbage pick-ups along Broadway
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from 69th Street to Queens
Boulevard in Elmhurst, and additional
Saturday pick-ups along
37th Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue
in Jackson Heights.
“These additional pickups
will help reduce trash bin
overflows in my district’s busy
commercial corridors during
hours that see high foot traffic,”
Dromm said. “Overflowing
trash bins are not only unsightly,
they attract rats, sicken
our pets and wildlife, and contribute
to water contamination.
There is no denying that strewn
trash has had an adverse impact
on our environmental and
public health. The de Blasio
administration has made significant
cuts to the Department
of Sanitation’s budget, creating
an urgent need for these dollars.
The bottom line is this: my
constituents need and deserve
a clean neighborhood. The
funding I secured makes that a
reality.”
Founded in 1992, ACE works
with homeless men and women
across New York City, providing
job training, work experience,
and a lifetime support network
to help program participants
achieve their goals and establish
economic independence.
To date, the Long Island Citybased
organization has helped
3,000 New Yorkers overcome
homelessness, incarceration,
and addiction to find full-time
jobs and start new lives.
Reach reporter Bill Parry by
e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4538.
Councilman Daniel Dromm thanks ACE workers for cleaning
business corridors in Jackson Heights and Elmhurst.
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