Once in office, Moreno instituted his own graffiti removal and vacant lot clearance programs.

The improvement project will begin early next year, focusing first on cleaning sidewalks and graffiti removal.

Despite being an ineffective long term strategy for graffiti removal, the company received $837,000 of federal stimulus money for the work.

To the Editor: Imagine if the city didn't have to spend $25 million a year on graffiti removal.

Mr. Citron said the street cleaning and graffiti removal were important was well, so the area can project a welcoming image.

As Mr. Bergman tells it, he came upon the idea of graffiti removal one night in bed.

One big effort, begun three years ago, is graffiti removal.

Governments take different approaches to graffiti removal, often depending on their resources.

To the Editor: So the Giuliani administration spent $25 million on graffiti removal over the past year?

I got a graffiti removal hot line started.