Getting rid of NYC's graffiti By Lauren Glassberg
(New York-WABC, September 27, 2006) - Five days a week, there's a group here in the city that keeps walls graffiti free. And the best part? It's all free.

Eyewitness News's Lauren Glassberg has the story.
When you see the truck pulling up, take a good last look. At the graffiti in the area.

Five days a weeks and sometimes at night. The graffiti free NYC crews hit the walls of New York and where they can't paint over graffiti. They layer on a non-toxic chemical that will help lift the spray paint off -- and then it's to the hot water power pressure washer.

Craig Small oversees the program and its fleet of 13. Some are brand new vans.

And there are some older versions, two of which are devoted to graffiti removal in Brooklyn and come October.

Ten more of those vans are being added. The push is clearly on to get the paint off.

Yvette Anthony passed by a school in Flatbush that was being cleaned and thought it would be great for her community.

And the best part, it's free and it's kind of fun to watch it all wash away.

On one building the graffiti says the "empire strikes back", now Lauren Glassberg is striking back. And it feels good, she says.

If you want report graffiti in the city, you are asked to call 3-1-1.