The Town of Cornwall and Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson are continuously facing the issue of illegal dumping and trash pollution, and a change needs to be made.
Between October and November of 2025 alone, the Cornwall Cleanup Crew, a non-profit organization created in 2023, weighed and removed over 3000 pounds of garbage and dumped items from the roadsides. Although the work the crew does is immensely beneficial, it is an incessant cycle and the perpetrators are not faced with consequences. Volunteers return to the same location multiple times throughout the year and encounter additional dumped trash.
We are asking the town and village to fund and deploy mobile, solar powered security cameras at known illegal dumping hot spots to support enforcement and fines.
This solution may appear costly as security cameras are expensive, yet it is a long-term investment that will benefit all Cornwall residents. Unless we unite as a community, our area will continue to be illegally littered with trash, ruining the beauty of our home.
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FINALLY. Someone needs to start fining these people instead of making volunteers clean up after them.
I fully support keeping people accountable and keeping Cornwall clean! Thanks for all those that work tirelessly to do just that.
Yes, please put cameras in known illegal dumping areas around Cornwall,NY to catch and prosecute illegal dumping.
Enough is enough. Living here my whole life and it kills me to see people just throwing their junk on the side of the road. Get the cameras up already.
Great idea but let's make sure that there are rules about who and how the equipment is used. Need to know who, how and when the recordings would be analyzed and how the data would be stored long term - or destroyed.
Please!! Cornwall is such a beautiful place, keep it that way!
Please stop this terrible dumping
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The Town of Cornwall and Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson are continuously facing the issue of illegal dumping and trash pollution, and a change needs to be made.
Between October and November of 2025 alone, the Cornwall Cleanup Crew, a non-profit organization created in 2023, weighed and removed over 3000 pounds of garbage and dumped items from the roadsides. Although the work the crew does is immensely beneficial, it is an incessant cycle and the perpetrators are not faced with consequences. Volunteers return to the same location multiple times throughout the year and encounter additional dumped trash.
We are asking the town and village to fund and deploy mobile, solar powered security cameras at known illegal dumping hot spots to support enforcement and fines.
This solution may appear costly as security cameras are expensive, yet it is a long-term investment that will benefit all Cornwall residents. Unless we unite as a community, our area will continue to be illegally littered with trash, ruining the beauty of our home.
13 Comments
Seen so much trash on the trails lately. This is a great step to stop the jerks doing this to our town.
FINALLY. Someone needs to start fining these people instead of making volunteers clean up after them.
I fully support keeping people accountable and keeping Cornwall clean! Thanks for all those that work tirelessly to do just that.
Yes, please put cameras in known illegal dumping areas around Cornwall,NY to catch and prosecute illegal dumping.
Enough is enough. Living here my whole life and it kills me to see people just throwing their junk on the side of the road. Get the cameras up already.
Great idea but let's make sure that there are rules about who and how the equipment is used. Need to know who, how and when the recordings would be analyzed and how the data would be stored long term - or destroyed.
Please!! Cornwall is such a beautiful place, keep it that way!
Please stop this terrible dumping
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Seen so much trash on the trails lately. This is a great step to stop the jerks doing this to our town.