New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced an investment in public cleanliness as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget, dubbed the “Best Budget Ever.” The initiative baselines over $32 million annually for the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), including $31 million by FY 2028 for litter basket pick-ups, representing the highest permanent funding level in the city’s history. Alongside this, the “Second Shift” park maintenance program is expanding to cover 200 cleaning hot spots in 121 parks across all five boroughs, ensuring additional evening and weekend cleaning coverage.
Under this plan, DSNY’s Lot Cleaning Unit will receive a steady increase in funding from $820,000 in FY 2026 to $1.6 million in FY 2029. The Targeted Neighborhood Task Force is similarly baselined for growth, supporting nearly 60 employees and extending cleaning to over 1,500 previously neglected pedestrian zones.
Other notable components of the plan include $1.4 million for park perimeter maintenance, $1.1 million for the Precision Cleaning Initiative, and continued support for trash containerization citywide.
“Today, we are making life in New York City cleaner and safer,” said Mayor Adams. “As part of our ‘Best Budget Ever,’ we have baselined over $32 million in funding to keep New York City clean, and this includes the highest level of permanent funding for litter basket pick-ups in our city’s history. In addition to our streets, our parks are critical to the fabric of our neighborhoods and to the families who live in those communities, so with this announcement, we’re also deepening our commitment to improving the quality of life for all New Yorkers by shifting our parks maintenance up a gear and expanding our ‘second shift’ evening and weekend park cleaning teams and nearly doubling the number of parks that will receive this intensive cleaning.”
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Fine people for littering and not picking up after their dogs.
And how does the good sir plan on enforcing this?
Hello,
Please clean the streets on 125th and 126th Street Lexington Avenue. Human feces, food containers, and trash. Disgusting and a health hazard for those who live in this area.
Please reply with some solution.