NEW YORK \u2014 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani put on his work gloves today to mark Day 100 of his administration, announcing that \u201ccleaning illegal dumping in Soundview\u201d won the City\u2019s first Mayor\u2019s Municipal Madness \u2014 a competition of city fixes in which every problem is addressed, but only one is tackled by the Mayor himself.<\/p>\n
Over the course of the competition, New Yorkers cast more than 21,000 votes on 16 repairs. Cleaning illegal dumping in Soundview received 18,761 votes total and won the final matchup with 67.7% of the votes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what being a New Yorker is all about: listening to your neighbors, rolling up your sleeves and getting to work,\u201d said Mayor Mamdani. \u201cNo problem is too small for this administration \u2014 not broken water fountains on the Lower East Side, not faded crosswalks in Jamaica and certainly not illegal dumping in Soundview. 100 days in, we\u2019re delivering fixes of all shapes and sizes for the city that deserves nothing but the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day, at every hour, City workers are solving problems \u2014 simple and complex \u2014 for New Yorkers,\u201d said Deputy Mayor for Operations Julia Kerson. \u201cThe Mayor\u2019s Municipal Madness gave New Yorkers a closer look at that work and a chance to shape how we marked this administration\u2019s hundredth day: by tackling the daily frustrations our neighbors face.\u201d<\/p>\n
Competing commissioners \u2014 Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Gregory Anderson, Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) Commissioner Tricia Shimamura and Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn \u2014 joined Mayor Mamdani to \u201ctalk trash\u201d at a postgame press conference in Soundview. Bronx G.E.M.S. cheerleaders and DSNY mascot Scrappy hyped up the crowd as crews kicked off a sweeping cleanup of the entire district.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur team runs the court day and night to remove the 24 million pounds of waste New Yorkers set out every single day, and as this tournament highlights, we do even more behind the scenes to keep this city clean, green and not-so-mean,\u201d said DSNY Commissioner Gregory Anderson. \u201cIn the world of March Madness, 67 teams go home disappointed. In New York City\u2019s Municipal Madness, 8.6 million New Yorkers win, because every repair is completed, every improvement is made and from Soundview to Bushwick to Sunset Park, New Yorkers are seeing real results because of this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNYC Parks may have lost the Municipal Madness final voting, but all New Yorkers won. Parks and our fellow City agencies have completed a whole roster of significant fixes in public spaces citywide,\u201d said NYC Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura. \u201cWhether it\u2019s repairing a playground fence, fixing a drinking fountain or sprucing up a handball court, these improvements make a big difference to the way people enjoy our parks. We\u2019re proud to conduct these types of repairs year-round to improve quality of life for all New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom repainted crosswalks to replacing new signs, we know that small fixes still have big impact for New Yorkers who spend just as much time on city streets as they do at home,\u201d said NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn. \u201cNYC DOT may have been an early out in Municipal Madness this year, but the real win comes from delivering street safety improvements 24\/7, 365 days a year to speed up transit and keep New Yorkers moving.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mayor’s Municipal Madness launched in late March, inviting New Yorkers to vote on 16 repairs City agencies committed to completing within the administration\u2019s first 100 days. Every project has been completed. The runner-up, resurfacing a basketball court in Morrisania, began today and will wrap this weekend, while the champion, cleaning up illegal dumping, is being carried out today with the help of the Mayor.<\/p>\n
The Mamdani administration takes illegal dumping seriously. Residents who submit tips or video evidence \u2014 including a visible license plate \u2014 may be eligible for a reward. Reports can be submitted to illegaldumpingtips@dsny.nyc.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani put on his work gloves today to mark Day 100 of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-194526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}