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COURIER L 12 IFE, OCT. 29-NOV. 4, 2021
WIldcat Services Corporation have been partners for cleanup
projects in Coney Island a number of times. File photo
Coney pol secures
more quality-of-life
services for district
BY JESSICA PARKS
City Councilmember
Mark Treyger announced
a package of
new quality-of-life services
coming to his district
focused on street
cleaning and beautifying
high-traffi c corridors.
“This is tremendous
news for southern Brooklyn’s
quality of life and I
believe providing a critical
service for seniors
and people with disabilities,”
Treyger said. “In
total, this is a major investment
to hone in on
certain commercial corridors
in our district that
need more support than
just the base level of service
that Sanitation provides.
I have much appreciation
for DSNY but
we need a lot more attention
paid to certain corridors
with more high
volume traffi c.”
The councilmember
representing Gravesend,
Coney Island, Bath
Beach and parts of Bensonhurst
secured an additional
$280,000 in funding
for the NYC Clean-Up
Initiative through his
role on the City Council’s
Budget Negotiation
Team — which he told
Brooklyn Paper allows
him more leverage for
his district.
“It has been very helpful
to serve on a number
of committees because
there are so many issues
that we tackle here,”
Treyger said. “It gives
me a greater platform to
advocate and deliver for
my district.”
The beautifi cation services
will be conducted in
partnership with neighborhood
groups and transitional
work organizations,
such as the Center
for Employment Opportunities
and Wildcat Service
Corporation that
give work opportunities
to people with criminal
convictions or who were
recently incarcerated.
Wildcat Service Corporation
will provide
graffi ti removal, spot
cleaning and e-waste collection
and snow shoveling
for seniors and
people with disabilities.
They will also do weekly
cleanings along several
commercial corridors in
District 47.
Problem areas that
will be addressed include
Mermaid Avenue
from W. 23rd Street to
W. 29th Street with a
particular focus around
W. 27th Street — the location
of the neighborhood’s
post offi ce which
has often been the subject
of complaints, according
to Treyger.
Services contracted
with Wildcat Service
Corporation cost the
highest portion of the
funding secured by Treyger
at $155,000.
Another $45,000 will
go towards the city Department
of Sanitation
expanding its wastebasket
collection services
along 86th Street by two
additional days to seven
days a week.
“We all deserve to live
and work in safe, clean
neighborhoods,” he said
in a statement. “I fought
hard to increase this
funding for my district
and I will continue to
focus on reducing litter,
graffi ti, and neglect.”
To read more about
the new services, visit
BrooklynPaper.com.
Call to enroll or make an in-person appointment
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