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The city will resume alternate side parking in the Big Apple for one week later this month to address “litter” in the streets, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.

Alternate side parking will continue to be suspended through this Sunday, but it will back in place for the week of May 18 through May 24 for a “clean sweep” citywide, the mayor said during his daily press briefing.

During the week-long street cleaning, there will be two suspensions of alternate side parking on May 21 and May 24 for the religious observances of Ascension Day and Eid-al-Fitr, respectively, according to the city.

The city parking rules will be suspended for the following two weeks from May 25 through June 7 during which the city’s Department of Sanitation will reassess cleanliness, according to de Blasio.

“We said throughout we got to keep an eye on how our neighborhoods are looking,” de Blasio said, adding that “litter is starting to add up and we’re concerned.”

The city suspended alternate side parking in March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

“This suspension now that’s happened over the recent weeks is one of the longest in this city’s history,” de Blasio said.

Hizzoner said that the “goal” of the new plan “is if we do that one-week cleanup, hopefully that will last a substantial period of time.”

According to the city’s Department of Transportation, any New Yorker under isolation who has received a ticket can appeal to the Department of Finance and should provide medical documentation or testimony, which will be taken into consideration when the case is reviewed.

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