A lot of it is clutter. It's basically blight in our communities.

I'm not seeing somebody maybe step off the curb in front of me because I'm too busy reading all the illegal signage on the side of the road.

There are days they pick up two or three, but there's days that they come in with over 40 of them.

The cases for the February meeting are already filed. So that actually will give her an additional six weeks, because the case wouldn't be heard before March.

Simply put, I love books, physical books. I own so many--many of which I have not read (yet). I just need to have them . On shelves. In piles. In random conference tote bags. Paper magazines and newspapers too. Some call it clutter. I call it cozy. It's comforting to know I am surrounded by pages of stories. And, thus, by storytellers.

This is a chronic problem that daily impacts all New Yorkers, especially communities of color. It disproportionately impacts the African American and Latino communities.