Streets and Sidewalks Are Getting Cleaner Under the de Blasio Administration

NYC Mayor's Office
Aug 29, 2017 · 2 min read

by the New York City Mayor’s Office

For the past 40 years, New York City has recorded its percentage of “acceptably clean streets”, as measured by a seven-point rating scale by the City’s field inspectors.

Under the de Blasio Administration, street cleanliness continues to reach record levels. In fact, in Fiscal Year 2017, 95.9% of streets in NYC were rated as acceptably clean, an all-time high. Check out these handy charts from the Mayor’s Office of Operations outlining the trend:

Sidewalk cleanliness has also reached a record high of 97.3%:

New York City has maintained these annual measures across six administrations, starting with Mayor Beame in the 1970s. Throughout this time, New York City has steadily become a better place to live and work, with cleaner streets and sidewalks strengthening quality-of-life for all residents.

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