""I feel like pulling my hair out. The only time any cleaning happens is if I beg Sanitation to do it," Nurse said at the Sept. 9 hearing. "You have an obligation to this community. I am not asking for a favor, I am asking you all to do your jobs and I am asking you to comply with the law.""
""I certainly don't believe it's happening in your neighborhood, or on your block or on any of the blocks of the people who work for MTA, that three weeks of litter is caked up under cars," Nurse told the MTA representative, Arturo Espinosa. "That's not acceptable where you live, correct?" "No, it is not. I agree," he responded. "So then why is it acceptable for people in East New York?" she added, with a bit of righteous anger."
MTA workers park personal vehicles on sidewalks near Broadway Junction and Alabama Avenue, blocking street cleaning and causing weeks-long buildup of litter and human waste. Council Member Sandy Nurse has repeatedly requested MTA action for more than three years and sought a plan weeks before the hearing without response. Sanitation crews cannot access sidewalks when vehicles remain, leaving residents to live amid filth and step into traffic. MTA jurisdiction covers the area but enforcement and cleanup have been inadequate. Inequitable enforcement allows workers to leave filth in East New York while other neighborhoods remain clean.
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