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Why hide from data?

Barrett & Greene

Though this may be short sighted, we can certainly understand that there's pressure to use limited resources on direct services, like sanitation, pot-hole filling or public safety. percent in 2020 to 5.2 percent in 2021. It's a simple equation: Clean up the potholes and it’ll help you get re-elected.

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Times Square Alliance Streetwatch program for reporting problems in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

STAND WITH US poster by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya on trash receptacle along Broadway between West 45th and West 46th Street in New York City, NY on Tuesday night, 24 August 2021 by Elvert Barnes Photography I happened to notice a sticker on the can, promoting contacting the TSA when people see problems.