Officials attribute the greater cleanliness largely to the army of 6,000 welfare workers now cleaning parks.
The workers cleaned city beaches and parks.
Nearly 200,000 welfare recipients have swept streets and cleaned parks in what has become the nation's largest workfare program.
The work programs include part-time jobs, vocational training and public works like cleaning streets and parks.
They would work part time at jobs like cleaning parks.
While on Home Relief, recipients would be required to work in public service jobs, like cleaning parks and government buildings.
The assignments usually range from doing clerical work in government agencies to cleaning public parks.
She wants to save the world by cleaning parks, volunteering in nature groups and sometimes gets her friends involved.
Another 14 percent having been working in exchange for their benefits in assignments like cleaning parks.
One of the most common jobs for workfare employees is cleaning parks.