Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Sanitation

Then-Council Member Antonio Reynoso reached a deal with the city in 2019 to reform the private carting industry by creating zones with a maximum of three haulers assigned to each. Photo: Antonio Reynoso

EXCLUSIVE: Adams Administration Has Delayed Commercial Waste Reform That’s Required by Law

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 27, 2023 | No Comments

A law requiring an overhaul of the rogue private carting industry has been thwarted by the Adams administration — and the person who has spearheaded the program left the Department of Sanitation several months ago in “frustration," multiple sources told Streetsblog.

Council Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers had a mixed record in 2022, according to Council data (inset). Main photo: Gersh Kuntzman

ANALYSIS: Council’s Transportation Committee Has Little to Show in First Year

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 11, 2023 | No Comments

The City Council's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure lagged behind nearly every other committee when it comes to passing legislation and holding hearings on bills in 2022 — revealing a decline in accountability and productivity compared to previous leadership, advocates and data indicate. Here's a deep analysis.

Historic haul: DSNY workers collect garbage from containers on W. 45th Street during the first day of the year-long residential Clean Curbs pilot on Dec. 13. Photo: Kevin Duggan

City Launches Long-Awaited Containerized Residential Trash Pilot

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 13, 2022 | No Comments

It's history in the taking as Sanitation workers start collecting trash from the curbside lane, not the sidewalk on one lucky block in Hells Kitchen.

A bike lane snow plow at DSNY's Spring Street garage. Photo: Kevin Duggan

SNOW PROBLEM? Sanitation Has Bigger Fleet of Bike Lane Plows, But Same Old Car-First Cleanup Plan

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 23, 2022 | No Comments

New York's Strongest are gearing up to clear bike lanes of snow this winter — but they must still wait for car lanes first.

Mayor Adams stood next to a selection of Sanitation compost bins at the recent announcement that universal composting pickup will start in Queens. Photo: Mayor's Office

Citywide Composting Would Require $75M to Buy 170 Trucks: Commish

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 21, 2022 | No Comments

The Department of Sanitation will have to spend around $75 million to buy roughly 170 trucks if it has any chance of growing the Queens universal curbside organics collection into a robust citywide program, Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the Council last week.

A Department of Sanitation electric collection truck. Photo: DSNY

DSNY’s Electric Trucks ‘Conk Out’ Too Quickly During Snow Plowing, Says Commish

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 18, 2022 | No Comments

Electric garbage trucks that the Department of Sanitation has been testing for the past two years are not up to the task of removing snow from the streets of the Big Apple, according to the agency's commissioner.

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