Queens resident says 'We don't know what else to do' about litter ravaging his neighborhood

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Queens resident says 'We don't know what else to do' about litter ravaging his neighborhood
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Queens residents are sounding the alarm about illegal trash dumping where Jackson Heights meets Woodside.

NEW YORK -- For lifelong local Rodrigo Salazar, the walk to the subway in Queens , is an obstacle course. Construction debris, sports equipment, and a washing machine are some of the items he's seen discarded.'Not only are you dodging garbage on the floor, but you're dodging fruit flies, so you've got to go into traffic,' he said.For years, he says, a maze of litter and household waste has blighted the area where Jackson Heights meets Woodside near the 65th Street station.

. has been great with cleaning up the illegal dumping once reported, so it's really important that when illegal dumping is seen, it is reported,' Raga said.'As for enforcement, we have had conversations about dumping cameras, not in the surrounding area, but most of the dumping is not done by vehicles, so we're still working on finding a creative solution to that issue,' he added.

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