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Board of Public Works: graffiti removals down as crews and budget shrink; 9.7M sq ft removed in six months
Summary
The Office of Community Beautification told the committee graffiti-removal locations and square footage have fallen with reduced crews and tighter budgets; contractors removed 9.7 million square feet from requests in the first six months and over 35 million square feet in total (including proactive work), while crews were cut from about 95 to 75.
Paul Roch, director of the Office of Community Beautification at the Board of Public Works, told the Public Works Committee that graffiti-abatement work remains extensive but that capacity has declined following budget cuts.
Roch said the program received approximately 122,000 requests for graffiti abatement in July–December and removed about 9,700,000 square feet of graffiti as a result of those requests. He added that, including proactive contractor work that is not…
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