NYPD Enlists Volunteers For Citywide Graffiti Cleanup Initiative
CBS New York
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Syndicated Local – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD hit the streets Saturday to kick off a new campaign to combat a big rise in graffiti.
The cleanup involves off-duty officers, volunteers and a lot of paint.
Getting the big job rolling was NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, taking what was a graffiti-covered supermarket building in Bushwick from marred and marked up to bright and bare.
Among the volunteer painters were officers, participating on their own time, and very young helpers.
“The best thing is all the little kids picking up the brushes, community members, businesses donating and interspersed with the men and women of the police department,” Shea said.