The purpose of this guide is to explain how Community Boards can work with DSNY in the planning of the delivery of Health and Administrative Code enforcement in their districts. It will provide Community Board members with an understanding of how to prepare an enforcement service improvement plan.
I am pleased to submit the attached Status Report on Materials Recycling Activities in New York City, which documents the steps taken by the Department of Sanitation during the past year to address the City's pressing waste disposal needs through a program of recycling initiatives.
This GUIDE was prepared for DSNY by the Nova Institute, a nonprofit that works with public agencies and citizen groups to improve municipal service delivery. It describes how local Sanitation superintendents and Community Boards can work together for a cleaner city.
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.