Report stating the number of notices of violation issued for engine idling violations returnable to the OATH Hearings Division (previously known as the ECB) including the total amount of penalties imposed for such notices of violations.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Vincent Sapienza reviews several of the agency's accomplishments from the past year. Spotlight on DEP employees who represent the agency's core values.
In Fiscal 2009, MOCS completed the pilot program to study the feasibility of using “green cleaning” products in City facilities, as required by Local Law 123 of 2003 (LL 123). LL 123 noted that the use of environmentally preferable cleaning products may result in improved indoor air quality.
The objective of this Plan is to summarize the Enhanced Wildlife Management Strategies that DEP has implemented to protect public health at Hillview Reservoir.
Mayor de Blasio, Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, and Mayor’s Office of Sustainability Director Mark Chambers announced today that the City’s styrofoam ban is in effect, eliminating a major source of petroleum based waste.
Work has begun on a $300 million project to install new clean-burning co-generation engines at the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in west Harlem. Ground was broken on a $31 million project to bring street and infrastructure improvements to Far Rockaway, Queens.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is pursuing an energy policy of a "circular economy of organics," aiming to minimize organic waste sent to landfills and maximize the recovery and beneficial use of all resource streams.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott M. Stringer announced the next step in the City Pension Fund's efforts to fight climate change by divesting from fossil fuel reserve owners.