In response to the unprecedented public interest in garbage disposal and resource recovery in the late 1970s, this report was drafted as a response to the most common questions people had in this area, and outlines the new directions the Koch Administration planned to pursue.
This study was initiated in response to Local Law 19 requiring the City to achieve a mandatory recycling goal of at least 25% of the waste stream. The filed data collected will be used by DOS to implement recycling feasibility studies, pilot-scale projects, and full-scale facilities.
DSNY has concluded a one year study of backyard composting in NYC. Taking a comprehensive approach to the evaluation of composting in backyard bins, DSNY worked with Botanic Gardens to implement a pilot program while researching receptivity, participation rates, and waste composition impacts.
DSNY's report on five years of market research about recycling in New York City. The Report takes a broad and systematic look at what the people of New York actually think about the City’s Recycling Program, as well as how they feel about possible new alternatives for reducing waste.
In 1997, as part of DSNY's ongoing assessment of strategies to gauge the performance of NYC’s Curbside Recycling Program, it conducted a short-term, three-part pilot program to measure the effectiveness of mixed waste processing. Each part of the pilot is treated in a chapter of this report.
Local Law 19 of 1989 created mandatory recycling in New York City. This report summarizes the outreach efforts of the NYC Department of Sanitation in the ensuring years, as it rolled out recycling programs citywide.
This report provides the results of a material-specific waste composition analysis of the New York City municipal solid waste stream, intended to assist DOS in focusing its resources more effectively and enhancing its capabilities in measuring the impacts of its waste prevention programs.
This document provides a comprehensive description of the portion of the New York City waste stream managed by the city’s Department of Sanitation (DOS). It is intended as a reference document. Actual FY1992-2000 data are provided, as well as projections from DOS for fys 2000-02
This report is part of DSNY's effort to evaluate their own recycling efforts within the context of other major US cities, by both looking at NYC's recycling efforts so far as well as how other major cities calculate and measure their recycling rates.
A summary report comparing recycling rates in New York City to that of other cities, to ensure that discussions of national recycling statistics are comparing "apples to apples," so that NYC can accurately assess it's own progress and learn from other programs.
Through a number of programs over the past ten years, DSNY has looked at two strategies to recover the compostable fraction of the waste stream: centralized and decentralized (or on-site) composting. This report summarizes the Department's experiences as well as recommendations for advancing each.
A 2002 study assessing the composition of the metals, glass, and plastics waste stream, in order to aid the decision-making process around recycling programs.
Appendices to Request for proposals to receive, transfer, transport and dispose of Department of Sanitation managed waste from Brooklyn formerly delivered to the Greenpoint Marine Transfer Station. / RFP issurance date: December 22, 2003
Recommendations for change post 9/11 to enhance FDNY's preparedness. This report includes recommendations in operations, planning and management, communications and technology, and family and member support services.
A report issued by the NYC Sanitation's Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling (BWPRR), exploring how mixed-waste processing and composting technologies together could potentially be incorporated into existing City waste-management strategies.
While much debate has focused on the front end of municipal recycling processes - participation, education, and diversion rates - this study explores how securing stable, long-term, primary processing capacity at the local level is the most crucial aspect of viable recycling programs.
This document provides an update to IBO’s February 2001 Background Paper entitled “Overview of the Waste Stream Managed by the NYC Department of Sanitation.” Here, we present a condensed survey of the same data for fiscal years 2000-2004.
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for The New York City Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan April 2005. Chapter 11 - Environmental Review: Harlem River Yard Truck to Rail TS
This research serves as a new “baseline” against which to test NYC residents’ awareness of recycling program advertising when it is launched in media venues throughout the City and would add to the amount of longitudinal data measuring changes over time.
The general goals of this study were to determine the adequacy of the Department's screening process and whether the Applicant Processing Division ("APD") was following its own guidelines.
Volume 1 of the Final Report presents the results of the PWCS conducted in May and June 2004, and the WCS, conducted from October 2004 through August 2005. The purpose of both the PWCS and WCS was to characterize the City’s residential Waste.
Implementation Updates, after 2004 shall include a report on the number of limited English proficient people served, disaggregated by language and by agency office or other covered agency office.
A significant portion of curbside parking spaces in Lower Manhattan is allocated to authorized vehicles with agency placards that permit them to park in designated areas. This study looks at placard use in Lower Manhattan and assesses the availability of curb frontage relative to placard activity.
A significant portion of curbside parking spaces in Lower Manhattan is allocated to authorized vehicles with agency placards that permit them to park in designated areas. This study looks at placard use in Lower Manhattan and assesses the availability of curb frontage relative to placard activity.
A significant portion of curbside parking spaces in Lower Manhattan is allocated to authorized vehicles with agency placards that permit them to park in designated areas. This study looks at placard use in Lower Manhattan and assesses the availability of curb frontage relative to placard activity.
A significant portion of curbside parking spaces in Lower Manhattan is allocated to authorized vehicles with agency placards that permit them to park in designated areas. This study looks at placard use in Lower Manhattan and assesses the availability of curb frontage relative to placard activity.
A significant portion of curbside parking spaces in Lower Manhattan is allocated to authorized vehicles with agency placards that permit them to park in designated areas. This study looks at placard use in Lower Manhattan and assesses the availability of curb frontage relative to placard activity.
A significant portion of curbside parking spaces in Lower Manhattan is allocated to authorized vehicles with agency placards that permit them to park in designated areas. This study looks at placard use in Lower Manhattan and assesses the availability of curb frontage relative to placard activity.
Healthy Indicators Project (HIP) was a 3-year study to determine how NYC can transform senior centers to become viable alternatives to traditional health promotion, disease prevention and chronic disease self-management programs.
New Yorkers drive much less than the average American, realizing a staggering $19 billion savings/year that people in other metro areas spend on auto-related expenses. NYers spend less on cars and gas - money that leaves the local economy - so NYers have more purchasing power: the Green Dividend
REPORT TO THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED BY LL 51 OF 2009 (UTILIZATION OF BICYCLE PARKING SPACES IN PARKING GARAGES AND PARKING LOTS IN NEW YORK CITY).
Pursuant to LL51/2009, report on the effectiveness of the new law at increasing the capacity of parking for bicycles in the City's garages and parking lots including the location of bicycle parking spaces and the rate of usage of such spaces
An evaluation of the Homemaking Personal Care Program to look at the consistency and sources used for level of care determinations across case management agencies and whether clients are being assessed and linked to the full range of services that they may need.
Report on Safety Registration Numbers, LL 8/2009
Recommendations for objective criteria for DOB to begin a "proceeding to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a safety registration number" and the "data used in the analysis and formulation of such recommendations"
This study provides a statistical snapshot of women’s employment and earnings in New York City government and identifies gender disparities that warrant further investigation. Women, who compose 56 percent of the New York City municipal workforce, still face challenges in achieving pay equity.
This report deals with the application filed by JetBlue Airways Corp requesting for an amendment to the Zoning Resolution to amend the sign provisions of the Queens Plaza Subdistrict with the Special Long Island City Mixed Use District. The amendment would allow accessory business signs on rooftops.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has prepared this Jamaica Bay and CSO Tributaries Waterbody/Watershed (WB/WS) Facility Plan Report as required by the Administrative Order on Consent between the DEP and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Assessment report that synthesizes scientific information on climate change, and informs City policymakers on local resiliency and adaptation strategies to protect against rising temperatures, increased flooding, and other hazards.
Report on the Implementation Phase of Integrative Freight Demand Management in the NYC Metro Area written by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NYC DOT, and Rutgers University.
Prepared for the October 2013 NYC Financial Empowerment Conference, the compendium includes papers from over 20 partner organizations detailing the innovative ways they are helping to financially empower New Yorkers.
The purpose of this report is to identify additional sites in the water and wastewater system with the greatest hydroelectric potential, employing both traditional hydropower and innovative technologies such as in-conduit turbines and channel and weir hydrokinetic technologies
Draft environmental impact statement regarding an application by 2030 Astoria Developers, LLC for various map and zoning amendments and permits, and authorization to modify waterfront public access area requirements, for a mixed use development at an 8.7-acre site in Astoria.
In order to ensure the City’s physical and fiscal well-being against future weather events and mounting risk
posed by climate change, this report suggests that the City make investments to protect property from the future effects of climate change.
The report examines the veteran business community in New York City, and highlights ways to better identify veteran businesses,support the growth of these businesses, and better prepare those businesses for City procurement opportunities.
Local Law 77 Diversion Report I, submitted to City Council on June 1, 2014, covered the first six months of DSNY's organics program, from October 2013-March 2014. This report covers the second six months of the pilot program.
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Building the Knowledge Base for Climate Resiliency: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1336 (2015)
A report highlighting the economic impact of immigrant entrepreneurs in New York City, and the steps this administration is taking to better serve diverse communities throughout our City.
LL29 of 2000 requires some agencies to offer voter registration in their work with the public. Mayoral Directive One of 2014 strengthened LL29, and put a structure in place to monitor efforts, and LLs 61 and 63 of 2014 increased the number of agencies required to offer voter registration.
This brief, which was commissioned by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs’ Office of Financial Empowerment, examines both sides of people's balance sheets; that is, both their savings and debt levels.
HAZMAT reports are required by Local Laws 26 and 92, also known as the “Community Right-to-Know Laws” as well as information about DEP’s comprehensive Right-to-Know Program. Community Right-to-Know Laws require certain facilities to report information about hazardous substances they store and use
LL29 of 2000 requires some agencies to offer voter registration in their work with the public. Mayoral Directive One of 2014 strengthened LL29, and put a structure in place to monitor efforts, and LLs 61 and 63 of 2014 increased the number of agencies required to offer voter registration.
CHS publishes a quarterly data report in response to City Council Local Law 58 that includes metrics on patient safety, preventable hospitalizations and preventable errors in medical care as well as follow up metrics.
Report to quantify multifamily and mixed-use buildings in high-risk flood plain areas in NYC, to determine current levels of flood insurance coverage by building type, to understand potential future costs and perceptions around future flood risk and mitigation and to make recommendations
With the Riverbank State Park located atop of the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, the City has been monitoring formaldehyde levels in the Park for the past three years. The Ambient Air Formaldehyde Monitoring Report summarizes the findings.
CHS publishes a quarterly data report in response to City Council Local Law 58 that includes metrics on patient safety, preventable hospitalizations and preventable errors in medical care as well as follow up metrics.
A publication pursuant to section 4-32(d) of Title 16 of the Rules of the City of New York which details Transfer Stations operating lawfully in New York.
With the Riverbank State Park located atop of the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, the City has been monitoring formaldehyde levels in the Park for the past three years. The Ambient Air Formaldehyde Monitoring Report summarizes the findings.
LL29 of 2000 requires some agencies to offer voter registration in their work with the public. Mayoral Directive One of 2014 strengthened LL29, and put a structure in place to monitor efforts, and LLs 61 and 63 of 2014 increased the number of agencies required to offer voter registration.
The findings of the Temporary Lien Sale Taskforce, required by LL13/2015, AC 11-356, incl. (i) recommendations for administrative or legislative changes; (ii) any findings or facts that support such recommendations, (iii) evaluation of installment agreements and consideration of prospective changes.
CHS publishes a quarterly data report in response to City Council Local Law 58 that includes metrics on patient safety, preventable hospitalizations and preventable errors in medical care as well as follow up metrics.
With the Riverbank State Park located atop of the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, the City has been monitoring formaldehyde levels in the Park for the past three years. The Ambient Air Formaldehyde Monitoring Report summarizes the findings.
This report documents what we learned from dozens of worker-owner members, cooperative business development professionals, and financial empowerment practitioners, and provides some actionable next steps to further improve financial health for worker-owners.
These reports, in compliance with Local Law 20 of 2006, includes data on 12 child welfare indicators, such as staff caseloads, investigations, and reunifications, for the most recent quarter and calendar year.
LL29 of 2000 requires some agencies to offer voter registration in their work with the public. Mayoral Directive One of 2014 strengthened LL29, and put a structure in place to monitor efforts, and LLs 61 and 63 of 2014 increased the number of agencies required to offer voter registration.
Pursuant to LL18 of 2015, the task force’s report analyzing the damages and losses sustained by community-based organizations and houses of worship, identifying recovery resources, and making recommendations to improve coordination local government and the non-profit and faith-based organizations.
These reports, in compliance with Local Law 20 of 2006 passed by the New York City Council in 2006, include data on 12 child welfare indicators, such as staff caseloads, investigations, and reunifications, for the most recent quarter and calendar year.
This report is a response to Local Law 97 of 2016, which requires the New York City
Department for the Aging (DFTA) to develop and conduct a survey of unpaid caregivers, create a comprehensive plan that addresses the needs of unpaid caregivers, and to report on the plan's progress.
These reports, in compliance with Local Law 20 of 2006, include data on 12 child welfare indicators, such as staff caseloads, investigations, and reunifications, for the most recent quarter and calendar year.
These reports, in compliance with Local Law 20 of 2006 passed by the New York City Council in 2006, include data on 12 child welfare indicators, such as staff caseloads, investigations, and reunifications, for the most recent quarter and calendar year.
Reporting on gas safety risk factors
LL 155/2016
How the city has used risk factors to target enforcement of gas delivery/usage in residential and commericial buildings and the effectiveness of such enforcement
This is a review of the Jobs-Plus program, which serves residents of public housing and has three core components: 1) employment services in the community, 2) financial incentives that help "make work pay," and 3) community support for work that organizes neighbors to promote be benefits of working.
As required by LL 104/2023, Committee meeting report from the City Council on biographical information and/or background information on persons or entities for whom a street, park, playground, facility or structure, or portion thereof, was renamed or conamed by any bill enacted after January 1, 1990
CHS publishes a quarterly data report in response to City Council Local Law 58 that includes metrics on patient safety, preventable hospitalizations and preventable errors in medical care as well as follow up metrics.
Reports on the development, progress and achievements of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's source water protection programs established to maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) for the Catskill/Delaware portion of the New York City water supply.
LL29 of 2000 requires some agencies to offer voter registration in their work with the public. Mayoral Directive One of 2014 strengthened LL29, and put a structure in place to monitor efforts, and LLs 61 and 63 of 2014 increased the number of agencies required to offer voter registration.
Reports on the development, progress and achievements of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's source water protection programs established to maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) for the Catskill/Delaware portion of the New York City water supply.
Reports on the development, progress and achievements of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's source water protection programs established to maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) for the Catskill/Delaware portion of the New York City water supply.
This report, along with the attached table, summarizes the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) fulfillment of the requirements for a flood mitigation plan in Queens Community Districts 12 and 13.
This study fulfills DSNY's requirements under Local Law 40 of 2010 and builds on decades of research and analysis into the evolving composition of our waste stream.
Reports on the development, progress and achievements of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's source water protection programs established to maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) for the Catskill/Delaware portion of the New York City water supply.
Reports on the development, progress and achievements of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's source water protection programs established to maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) for the Catskill/Delaware portion of the New York City water supply.
MOCTO has identified five principles for broadband service: Equity, Performance, Affordability, Privacy, and Choice. This report describes how broadband service in New York City, and the infrastructure through which it is provided, currently delivers on these five principles.
DOI Report and Recommendations on the Citywide Construction Fraud Task Force's Investigation of a Procurement Fraud Scheme at The Department of Environmental Protection and Other Corruption Schemes
The report identifies distinctive characteristics of the City Human Rights Law as enforced by the Commission, examines the common themes that emerged from the oral and written testimony, highlights policy recommendations to combat sexual harassment, and provides some best practices for employers.
DOI Report finding deficiencies in how the NYPD tracks and review litigation data and trends. DOI issued report pursuant to a 2017 law passed by City Council (LL166 of 2017), and a follow-up to DOI's April 2015 report on the use of data from lawsuits involving NYPD to improve policing.
DFTA has crafted “Plan 2025”, which lays out a blueprint for adding new services, and making
enhancements to or transforming existing services, to respond to the needs of the burgeoning
population of older people.
DOI Report detailing the findings of a year-long probe of the DOC hiring practices for Correction Officers, exposing persistent problems at the agency's Applicant Investigation Unit. Failures identified by DOI in a 2015 report remain, and recommended changes were never adopted by DOC.
This report is a collaboration of the Commission, The Fine Arts Federation of New York, and the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter. It shares best practices and highlights the groundbreaking strategies fueling the progress of designing affordable housing, and contains guidelines.