Volunteers, Community Leaders Clean Inwood Parks, Streets As Trash Piles Up
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Frustrated residents and community leaders in Upper Manhattan are taking action after they say the trash problem in their neighborhood keeps getting worse.
Volunteers gathered in Inwood on Saturday to clean parks and streets.
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They say since the sanitation budget was slashed two months ago, their community is suffering, especially at a time when parks are needed more than ever.
"The garbage has built up in some places to such an extreme amount, we don't even wanna walk by there," Inwood resident Lorraine Yamin said. "The parks are a gift, so we should be taking care of our gifts."
"We also are asking the city of New York to please address the lack of resources that we have to keep our parks clean," Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez said.
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Trash has been piling up in other parts of the city as well due to the budget cuts, which have reduced pickup at public litter baskets.
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