Fiscal year annual update to New York City Department of Environmental Protection recycling plan, produced in compliance with Local Law 36, governing waste prevention, reuse and recycling by City agencies.
Newsletter of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) office. The City's EEO Policy was created to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment by ensuring that all workplaces in city agencies are free of illegal discrimination and harassment.
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is partnering with The Trust for Public Land to construct green playgrounds at New York City public schools, which benefit the health of students as well as surrounding waterways. Three veteran DEP Police officers were promoted during a ceremony at the Eastview Precinct in Valhalla, New York. The DEP has released an interactive mapping tool showing recreational opportunities in its upstate watersheds.
DEP's Green Infrastructure Program is part of a broader commitment to improve water quality across New York City, pursuing new ways of managing stormwater in light of climate change impacts and an evolving regulatory landscape. The goal of the Program is to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSO) by managing the equivalent of stormwater generated by one inch of precipitation on 10% of the impervious surfaces in the combined sewer tributary areas of New York City by 2030.
Construction has begun on upgrades to water and sewer infrastructure in Glen Oaks, Queens, that will mitigate chronic flooding conditions. The 2016 Water-On-The-Go Program has launched with portable drinking fountains around the city to promote the quality of its supply and encourage residents to forgo bottled water and sugary drinks. A project is underway to replace the Sugarloaf Bridge and Lows Corners Bridge at the headwaters of the Rondout Reservoir.