Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jessica Tisch

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.

Queens Composting Overtakes Old Opt-in Program, But Still Has a Long Way to Go

By Kevin Duggan | Oct 24, 2022 | No Comments

Queens is getting its crap together.

Sanitation Commissioner Says She Won’t Tolerate Humans Who Let Their Dogs Poop on New York

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 12, 2022 | No Comments

After two years that city Sanitation officers failed to write a single ticket for violations of the pooper-scooper law, new DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch is now vowing a crackdown.

Tuesday’s Headlines: Today’s Shiny Object Edition

By Streetsblog | Apr 19, 2022 | No Comments

Yes, we're just like cats. And on Monday, the shiny new object grabbing our attention was the fact that we have a new Sanitation Commissioner making promises left and right. Plus other news.