Trash cans will overflow and park jobs will be lost as a result of Mayor Eric Adams’ budget cuts that were announced in November, a Queens council member warned Monday.
Council Member Shekar Krishnan, who represents Jackson Heights and is Chair of the Committee on Parks and Recreation, said Monday that the mayor’s budget cuts that recently went into effect will result in parks being cleaned just once or twice a week—instead of five times weekly—and that the city’s parks will become dirty and less attractive. The Parks Dept. along with all other city agencies had its budget slashed 5% by the mayor last month.
