Just ran across this
New York, NY— On
Thursday, September 10, 2009 the Council's Committee on Public Safety will hold
a public hearing on Intro 1042-2009, introduced by Council Member Gale A.
Brewer (District 6: Upper West Side and Clinton). The new legislation, an
amendment to the current “Graffiti Free” bill, further enables
Graffiti Free NYC to remove graffiti from buildings. Currently, in order for
residential and commercial buildings to receive free graffiti removal services
from Graffiti Free NYC, the building owner must submit a written request for
the removal. With the Council’s legislation, instead, a building owner
will submit a form to the city only if they wish to keep graffiti on their
building.
Once a building is
identified for graffiti removal, the city will notify the building owner of the
planned removal. The building owner will then have thirty five days to opt out
of the removal and submit a form to the city requesting the graffiti remain on
the building.
