East Norwich residents organize clean up of more than 1,000 tires illegally dumped in wooded area off of Route 106
Residents say the area, owned by the Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District and bordering the Muttontown Preserve, has close to 1,000 tires someone dumped there.
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East Norwich residents say for the last year and a half, someone keeps dumping tires in a wooded area off of Route 106.
The area is owned by the Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District and borders the Muttontown Preserve.
Mitch Kramer, of East Norwich, says a neighbor first noticed the tires when walking on a nearby trail and told him about it.
"It’s an unbelievable sight to see the amount of tires that have been dumped here," said Kramer. "Me and the neighbors really wanted to do something about it and we were trying to figure out the best way to do it."
It started with a few tires at first, but then got worse.
"Four or five months ago, my neighbor came back to me and said, 'You're not going to believe what this looks like up here,’” he said.
Kramer says there’s between 800 to 1,000 tires now scattered throughout the wooded area.
This Saturday, he and other community members hope to change that.
Residents, community partners, local law enforcement, the Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District, and the Town of Oyster Bay will work together to clean up the close to 1,000 tires from the area.
The Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District Superintendent Dr. Francesco Ianni said in a statement, "We are working with the town, community members and police officials in hopes of stopping this from happening again. On Saturday, we will join our neighbors to help clean up the area and are grateful for the relationship we have with the community that we can come together to keep Oyster Bay-East Norwich beautiful."
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino also said in a statement, “The Town is proud to partner with local organizations to remove abandoned tires and restore our environment. By working together, we are not only cleaning up our community, but also protecting our natural resources for future generations.”
Kramer says they have plenty of help for the Saturday morning cleanup, but need help catching whoever keeps dumping the tires.
"Once this is cleaned up, they're probably going to stop. They're going to know that we're onto them,” said Kramer. “They're going to go somewhere else. We don't want them going somewhere else. Love for them to get prosecuted."
Nassau police tell News 12 it is working to get more details about this.
If you may have seen something suspicious in that area, you're asked to call Nassau police.
For more details about the clean-up, contact Kramer at 516-702-9791 or at seaeo1@aol.com.
