JSA2026 Clean Streets & Civic Responsibility Act
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🌍🧹 “The Filth Stops Here” — Clean Streets & Civic Responsibility Act
Because even if climate change is a hoax… New Yorkers still deserve dignity, order, and pride where we live.
“It’s not about the climate. It’s about dignity.”
Trash in the streets, rats in the alleys, graffiti on the walls, 311 ghosted. That ends here.
The Problem (What You See Every Day)
- Dirty streets, illegal dumping, overflowing baskets, and neglected corridors across all five boroughs.
- Rats proliferating due to poor containment, loose trash, and inconsistent enforcement.
- Noise violations, illegal vending, and counterfeit storefronts degrading quality of life and small-biz fairness.
- 311 complaints bounced or ignored; agencies point fingers, residents get silence.
We will restore order with speed, standards, and a single playbook.
What We’ll Do (Plain English)
- Citywide Clean Teams. Crews mobilized with re-entry workers, jobseekers, and volunteers to sweep, bag, and beautify — every district, every week.
- Permanent Quality-of-Life Task Force. Modeled on best-practice multi-agency ops (NYPD, DSNY, DEP, FDNY, DOB, DCWP, DOT, Sheriff) with guaranteed response SLAs.
- 311 Accountability & Deadlines. A live dashboard and mandatory time-to-resolution standards: dumping 48h, graffiti 72h, streetlight 72h, noise 24h, abandoned vehicles 5 business days.
- Graffiti Abatement + Legal Murals. Restore abatement units; first offense → clean what you tagged; expand sanctioned mural programs and protect storefronts.
- Rat Control Blitz. Sealed containers citywide, targeted extermination, and strict sanitation compliance for chronic offenders.
- Enforcement on Illegal Vending & Counterfeits. Fair rules, designated zones, real permits — and padlocks for chronic violators selling to minors or defying orders.
- Abandoned Property & Vehicle Seizure. Fast-track removal and reuse; convert problem sites to housing, pocket parks, or community uses with local input.
- Outer-Borough Priority Zones. High-complaint neighborhoods get rapid response, blitz operations, and follow-up audits until metrics stabilize.
- Empire State Cleanup Week. Annual volunteer push with school credit, tax-perk raffles, and district scoreboards for civic pride.
Service Standards & 311: No More Runaround
- Real-Time Interagency Platform. One system, all agencies, shared tickets, visible clock, and proof-of-work photos.
- Public Dashboard by ZIP. Track response times, backlog, and reopen rates; exportable data for community boards and BIDs.
- Chronic Offender Ladder. Repeat violators escalate to liens, padlocks, or prosecution — with cases published.
How This Ties Into the Bigger Fix
- Crime & Community Safety. Clean, well-lit blocks plus consistent enforcement reduce theft, vandalism, and open-air markets.
- R3A — Regulation Relief. One-page forms for permits and complaints; sunset outdated sanitation rules; public scorecards for agencies.
- Housing & Property-Tax Relief. Reuse vacant structures; stabilize neighborhoods; stop emergency levies from neglect-driven decay.
- Nuclear NY & MTA Overhaul. More reliable power and transit keeps lighting, cameras, and collection schedules on time.
Clean streets are the baseline for safety, small-biz revival, and neighborhood pride.
Day One Orders & First 100 Days
- Day One: Stand up the Quality-of-Life Task Force; publish 311 time standards and the citywide public dashboard.
- Day One: Launch sanitation surge on top-50 corridors; restore graffiti abatement schedules; begin rat-control blitz with sealed container rules.
- First 100 Days: Outer-Borough Priority Zones live; abandoned vehicle & illegal dumping blitz; start mural grants and corridor beautification pilots.
- First 100 Days: Release enforcement ladder for illegal vending & counterfeits; expand padlock operations with Sheriff/NYPD/FDNY/DOB/DCWP.
Funding & Legal Pathways
- Pay-Fors: Fines from illegal dumping/counterfeits, targeted cannabis/gaming revenue, procurement savings, and sponsor “Adopt-A-Block” partnerships.
- Legal: Executive orders for interagency ops, budget directives for staffing/equipment, local code updates for containerization and padlock authority.
- R3A Support: One-page application rule, five-year sunsets for sanitation regs, agency scorecards tied to manager performance pay.
Metrics We’ll Publish (So You Can Verify)
- Service SLAs Met: % of 311 cases resolved on time (dumping 48h; graffiti 72h; streetlight 72h; noise 24h; abandoned vehicles 5 biz days).
- Cleanliness Index: Corridor-by-corridor scores; litter basket overflow rates; before/after photos.
- Enforcement Outcomes: Illegal vending/counterfeit padlocks, chronic violator resolutions, and recidivism reduction.
- Rat Complaints: Month-over-month reduction; sealed-container compliance; hotspot heatmaps.
- Community Participation: Volunteers, mural projects, and Empire State Cleanup Week totals by district.
The Bottom Line
We may disagree on carbon policy — but we all deserve clean streets, working city services, and pride in our blocks. This isn’t a Green New Deal. It’s a Clean New York.
“The filth stops here.” — Jason S. Arnold
Be Part of the Cleanup
Your $10 equips crews, fuels enforcement, and keeps the dashboard live. No fluff — just results you can see on your block.
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