Crime & SafetyUpdated: Nov. 04, 2025, 2:47 p.m.|Published: Nov. 04, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
District Attorney Michael E. McMahon sprays primer on graffiti spotted along Bay Street as part of a community cleanup on the morning of Oct. 26. Courtesy of RCDA
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In neighborhoods already impacted by generational poverty and higher crime rates, graffiti isn’t helping matters, according to District Attorney Michael E. McMahon.
To combat the unwanted spray paint markings, the borough’s top prosecutor, NYPD officers and multiple civic associations last weekend took to the streets in a cleanup effort across multiple communities targeting graffitied businesses and public property.
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