The anti-graffiti, anti-street art wet blanket known as Mayor Michael Bloomberg apparently does not like Banksy. Bloomberg made the erasure of graffiti a big part of his tenure with projects such as the 2002 Graffiti Cleanup Initiative and the launch of the city's Anti-Graffiti Task Force. The initiatives oversaw the removal of over 16.3 million square feet of graffiti from more than 6,241 sites across New York City as a result. In 2005, Bloomberg also spoke out against a graffiti party hosted b...
The anti-graffiti, anti-street art wet blanket known as Mayor Michael Bloomberg apparently does not like Banksy. Bloomberg made the erasure of graffiti a big part of his tenure with projects such as the 2002 Graffiti Cleanup Initiative and the launch of the city's Anti-Graffiti Task Force. The initiatives oversaw the removal of over 16.3 million square feet of graffiti from more than 6,241 sites across New York City as a result. In 2005, Bloomberg also spoke out against a graffiti party hosted b...
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