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COMMUNITY OP-ED DECEMBER 27, 2024 | The Indian Eye 13

Improving the Quality of Life for

All New Yorkers to keep NYC as the

greatest city in the world

New Yorkers deserve a clean and sanitary city, and that is what containerization makes
possible. And we are coming for the remaining 30 percent of our city’s garbage from large

buildings, so that piles of black garbage bags on the sidewalk will be a memory of the past

on our streets in bags that leak or
smell, that pedestrians can trip over,
and that rats and other vermin can
chew through.
New Yorkers deserve a clean
and sanitary city, and that is what
containerization makes possible.
And we are coming for the remain-
ing 30 percent of our city’s garbage
from large buildings, so that piles of
black garbage bags on the sidewalk
will be a memory of the past.

ERIC ADAMS
Finally, we are working on
ur administration’s North transforming our streets, like
Star has always been build- the historic Fifth Avenue be-
Oing a safer, more affordable
city for working-class New Yorkers. tween Bryant Park and Central
Sometimes, that means delivering Park — to make them more
on big, generational projects that
will build neighborhoods and trans- pedestrian-friendly as well as
form boroughs. And sometimes, boost economic activity in the
that means taking care of the fun-
damentals — the things we take for neighborhood. For the ave-
granted until they don’t work. In this This week, NYC will celebrate the record speed at which we’re filling potholes — and nue’s 200th birthday recently,
administration, we’re doing both — the investments we’ve made in preventing potholes from forming in the first place
and this holiday season, that means (Representative/File photo) we announced a $150 million
fewer potholes on our streets, fewer initial investment in the project,
garbage bags on our sidewalks, and a
historic plan to transform Fifth Av- so that New Yorkers don’t have to so they can get the job done safely. which will double the sidewalk
enue. spend their valuable time on the All of this is part of our larg- width so we can enjoy Fifth Av-
This week, we will celebrate the phone calling again and again about er commitment to making our city
record speed at which we’re filling the same problem. more livable and more affordable. enue without being packed to-
potholes — and the investments Had we not taken action, we When it comes to trash, for example, gether like sardines.
we’ve made in preventing potholes would have had more to fill — but 70 percent of our city’s garbage is
from forming in the first place — as with better repaving, we now have now required to be put out in sealed,
we fill the 500,000th pothole in our fewer potholes to fill. We also under- lidded bins instead of black garbage Keeping New York City the
city streets since the start of this ad- stand that consistent investment in bags on the street. As of January 2nd, greatest city in the world means
ministration. In the three years of paving is the best way to prevent pot- we will start issuing summonses to working hard every day to make sure
our administration, we’ve received holes, which is why we’re averaging one to nine-unit residential buildings it remains livable and affordable for
less than 90,000 311 complaints nearly 1,200 new lane-miles of pav- — including single-family homes and all. And this holiday season, fixed
about potholes; during the first three ing each year. So, if you see a pothole apartment buildings — as well as potholes and improved streets mean
years of the previous administration, — which there are always more of in city agencies, houses of worship, and New Yorkers have one less thing to
they received nearly 150,000 pothole the winter — call 311, and we’ll get non-profit offices that don’t put out worry about.
complaints. We are filling potholes out there as soon as possible. And if their trash in bins with secure lids.
faster than ever before, closing 311 you’re on the road and you see one That is tens of millions of pounds of Eric Adams is the Mayor of
complaints in less than two days, of our crews at working, take it slow, garbage every day that won’t be out New York City, NY

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