Per LL27 of 2023, the following report provides information on employment actions from the prior year, including: the number of employees retained, promoted, and terminated as well as basic demographic information for the entire agency (broken down by part-time and full-time employees).
NYC Sanitation announced that there would be no trash, curbside compost or recycling collection on Monday, January 15, 2024, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Plan to achieve the goal of zero waste pursuant to section 16-144, and to increase waste diversion from landfill and incineration through waste reduction, reuse, and recycling
Mayor Eric Adams and Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch held a ceremony at Times Square to swear in Cherry Bailey as a three-star Chief. Chief Bailey is the first Black woman to hold the three-star title, and only the second woman to achieve the rank in the Department's history.
NYC Sanitation shares info on the New Year's Eve cleanup: Some 187 Sanitation Workers using 21 mechanical brooms and 20 collection trucks – along with brooms and backpack blowers – picked up about 100,000 pounds of litter to have Times Square open by daybreak.
DSNY is pleased to submit its 2023 Zero Waste Plan which provides an overview of our portfolio of waste diversion programs, which reduce waste to landfill and assist with the City's climate goals. This plan fulfills the requirement of Local Law 87 of 2023 to submit a Zero Waste Plan.
In its continued efforts to reduce the amount of time waste sits on our streets, DSNY has announced signup will once again open for its Multi-unit Apartment Building Early Set-Out program. The program allows apartment buildings with nine or more residential units to opt into a 4 am–7 am window.