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‘White Whale’: Sanitation Launches Call for European-style Curbside Bins
The city's search for its first standard curbside trash container is officially underway, Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Friday.
March 8, 2024
Sanitation Promises to Plow Bike Lanes at the Same Time As Roads
Drivers will no longer take priority over cyclists for snow removal, Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Wednesday.
December 21, 2023
It’s Starting: City Unveils Trash Containerization for Smaller Buildings
If you're in a building with nine or fewer units, get ready for wheelie bins for trash.
October 11, 2023
Adams Expands Trash Containerization, But Bins Will Still Crowd Pedestrian Space
Why are trash bins still going to be on the sidewalk? Better ask Status Quo about that!
September 19, 2023
Clean Curbs Pilot ‘Not Scalable’ Citywide, Says DSNY Commish
The Department of Sanitation's test project to containerize trash pickup on one residential block won't work on a citywide level, the agency's chief said on Wednesday, so New York's Strongest will need a better strategy to clear Big Apple sidewalks of their notorious rubbish mountains.
March 15, 2023
DSNY Boss: Commercial Waste Reform is Worth Doing — But the Right Way
Some government sources and advocates have claimed that the Department of Sanitation is not fully committed to reforming the commercial waste hauling industry. On the eve of today's Council oversight hearing, we asked DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch to fully clarify her agency's position.
February 22, 2023
Citywide Composting Would Require $75M to Buy 170 Trucks: Commish
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.
November 21, 2022
DSNY’s Electric Trucks ‘Conk Out’ Too Quickly During Snow Plowing, Says Commish
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.
November 18, 2022
Queens Composting Overtakes Old Opt-in Program, But Still Has a Long Way to Go
Queens is getting its crap together.
October 24, 2022
Sanitation Commissioner Says She Won’t Tolerate Humans Who Let Their Dogs Poop on New York
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.
May 12, 2022