{"id":28591,"date":"2025-11-04T19:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/28591\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:52:09","slug":"from-gang-markings-to-hate-crimes-d-a-mcmahons-cleanup-crew-goes-to-work-on-staten-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/28591\/","title":{"rendered":"From gang markings to hate crimes, D.A. McMahon\u2019s cleanup crew goes to work on Staten Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/\" title=\"Navigate to Crime &amp; Safety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Safety<\/a>Updated: Nov. 04, 2025, 2:47 p.m.|Published: Nov. 04, 2025, 2:30 p.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Community cleanup\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4DZSLGTPZRCPNDG6RLA4D54XVQ.JPG\"\/>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<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PDCWV6Y77RGQ5NLKNKKK4KCOII\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 In neighborhoods already impacted by generational poverty and higher crime rates, graffiti isn\u2019t helping matters, according to District Attorney Michael E. McMahon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BAU65CBU3BDUPOGGITCDBYNWWQ\">To combat the unwanted spray paint markings, the borough\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crime &amp; SafetyUpdated: Nov. 04, 2025, 2:47 p.m.|Published: Nov. 04, 2025, 2:30 p.m.District Attorney Michael E. McMahon sprays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-28591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28591","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=28591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}