Diddy and others have been trashing New York City with flyers by the thousands believing that someone will pick it up eventually.

According to The NY Daily News: Senior centers have been shuttered, libraries have slashed their hours and more than 1,000 city workers face layoffs.

Who’s to blame?

City officials say at least some of the heat is on music mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs, hip-hop legend Doug E. Fresh, Mickey Rourke‘s plastic surgeon and Remy Ma‘s defense lawyer.

They’re among thousands of people and companies that collectively owe $1.9 billion, the city says.

But New York City is not having it:

While some of the boldface names deny that they’re in hock, the shocking tally is a sizable chunk of the $4.9 billion shortfall that just forced the city to cut funding to schools, day care centers and other treasured services. And that’s just delinquent taxes, fines and parking tickets – it doesn’t even include the $313 million that deadbeats owe for unpaid water bills.

“We are going to find these people,” vowed Finance Commissioner David Frankel. “We’re going to turn them upside down by their ankles and we’re going to shake them until the money comes out of their pockets

I guess street teams may need to invest in brooms for the future.