Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- People who offer to wash vehicle windows at New York intersections are making a comeback, years after a campaign to put them out of business, officials said. In the past three months, four so-called squeegee men have been wiping windshields at 45th Street and 11th Avenue, the New York Post reported Sunday. Advertisement "When the traffic light turns red, they go over and start cleaning for money," said Samuel Blankson, the manager of Park Right, a parking lot near the corner. "Some people have gotten p---ed off. People see it as harassment." Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani cracked down on the window washers who work for tips. When Mayor Michael Bloomberg succeeded Giuliani in 2002, he vowed to keep the illegal wipers out of the city, the newspaper said. "The city is vigilant in its enforcement of quality-of-life problems. While squeegee men have largely been eliminated from city streets, when they do appear and police are notified, they are arrested," said Jason Post, a spokesman for the mayor's office.
