cleaning up Photo by Angy Altamirano CLEAN SWEEP STREET CLEANING INITIATIVE EXPANDS TO DUTCH KILLS BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO More streets of western Queens will continue to shine as The Doe Fund expands into Dutch Kills. The move into the Long Island City neighborhood came a month after it was announced the nonprofit organization’s reach would be expanding to other areas of Long Island City and Hunters Point, and would also be remaining in Woodside. The Doe Fund, which employs recently homeless or formerly incarcerated people as part of its Ready, Willing and Able transitional work program, will keep the sidewalks clean and clear corner trash cans on 36th Avenue from 27th to 36th streets. Two workers will be on-site two days per week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “We continue to tackle the issue of street cleanliness head-on,” said Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer who secured $33,000 to begin The Doe Fund program in Dutch Kills. “The maintenance of our commercial corridors and residential streets is a top priority for me.”
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