Council Member Sandra Ung joined workers from the City Cleanup Corps at Bland Playground on Thursday to thank them for the work they have been doing all week to beautify Downtown Flushing.

Since Monday morning, the CCC has cleaned 10 miles of streets, collected 1,800 pounds of trash, and removed graffiti from ten private buildings and in area parks and plazas. Crews will be in the neighborhood until Friday afternoon.

“I want to thank the City Cleanup Corps and all of the city agencies who have been hard at work beautifying Flushing,” said Council Member Ung. “Keeping Flushing clean is a high priority of mine, so I’m grateful for any help we can get.”

The CCC was a COVID-era initiative to hire 10,000 workers to increase staffing at city agencies. Crews from the departments of Sanitation, Parks and Transportation, as well as from NYCHA and the Economic Development Corporation, were among the over 100 workers in Flushing this week.

Every week, the CCC focuses its efforts in a different neighborhood across the five boroughs.

Joining the council member at Bland Playground were Queens Parks Commissioner Michael Dockett, Flushing BID Executive Director Dian Yu, and Rudy S. Giuliani from the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations

Council Member Ung urged constituents who see garbage or graffiti in the district to contact her office.

“If you do have any issues with garbage or if you see graffiti that needs to be removed, please feel free to call our office and we will get it on it as soon as possible,” she said.