NEW YORK - OCTOBER 13: A man dragging a box walks past a poster showing Barack Obama dressed as Superman October 13, 2008 in New York City. Since the start of the U.S presidential election campaign, graffiti and street art of Senator Barack Obama has spread throughout New York City and has been recently bolstered by the work of well-known artists such as Shepard Fairey, David Choe and Chico. If elected in November, Obama would make history as the first African-American president. (Photo by Chris McGra
Posted: Thursday, 09 July 2009 2:00PM
Mayor Bloomberg Beefs Up Anti-Graffiti Fight
NEW YORK (AP) -- The city wants to make it easier for property owners to deal with graffiti.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council are working on legislation that would place the burden with the city.
Now, owners must allow the city to clean up graffiti on their property. The new legislation would give the city authority to remove graffiti unless a property owner says otherwise.
Officials say the change allows property owners to keep graffiti they consider artwork, and speeds up the removal of vandalism.
So far in 2009, Bloomberg's graffiti removal team has cleaned an estimated 2.5 million square feet of space at nearly 4,000 sites. Other city agencies have also cleaned graffiti, for a total of 6 million square feet removed to date in 2009.
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The Giants and Jets football teams will have a new home next season. Check out these photographs of taken over the new stadium in the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ by Tom Kaminski in Chopper 880 on Monday, November 23, 2009.
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