Hankerson asks how unpermitted groups are reprimanded
Hankerson asks whether unpermitted groups face reprimands. Cerrone says Parks would need to know about and document the event; if staff observe it, they may call Parks Enforcement to issue summonses.
So I should stop for a moment and just say again, I'm putting this in context.
We're talking about the minority of the events where it's like a larger event.
If it's a birthday party, if it's like a family gathering and they got a permit, this is not what we're talking about.
We're talking about the larger events.
If someone is having an event and...
You know, they're inviting 3,000, 4,000 people because there's going to be music acts, there's going to be food.
And then at the end of the event, they don't clean up and they just leave everything there.
You know, that's where we work very closely with our borough offices.
We've had instances where, you know, we had to pay for overtime for, you know, roughly a dozen, you know, parks employees to stay past midnight to clean up because the event producer did not,