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Clean Bushwick Initiative Steps in to Address Neighborhood Trash Pile-Ups

Budget cuts to the Department of Sanitation have forced the group to increase its efforts.

By Jackson Schroeder

Oct. 19, 2020 · 3 min read

Arts & Culture

Clean Bushwick Initiative Steps in to Address Neighborhood Trash Pile-Ups

Budget cuts to the Department of Sanitation have forced the group to increase its efforts.

Jackson Schroeder October 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020 · 3 min read

Four years ago, the grassroots organization Clean Bushwick Initiative was formed to address the rampant litter problem in Bushwick and its surrounding neighborhoods. Now, severe budget cuts to the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) have forced the group to increase its efforts.

“Bushwick has always had a big litter problem. We’re an underserved community in that way,” Nicole De Santis…

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