Jessica Tisch is determined to clean up New York. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Sanitation Department (NYC)”
A Celebrated New York Park Has 526 Acres and a New Boss
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2022
Morgan Monaco is taking over at the Prospect Park Alliance. She’ll have a short commute to work. Source: New York Times
In Battle Against Trash and Rats, N.Y.C. Officials Try a Schedule Shift
By Gotham Rex on October 17, 2022
New Yorkers will be asked to place trash on the curb later to reduce the amount of time that mountains of trash fester on the streets. Source: New York Times
As N.Y.C. Trash Problem Mounts, Garbage Will Be Picked Up on Labor Day
By Gotham Rex on August 29, 2022
The Adams administration will pay Sanitation Department volunteers overtime to collect residential trash on the holiday this year. Source: New York Times
A Dry Summer Doesn’t Mean Serious Drought in New York
By Gotham Rex on August 9, 2022
Rain has been scarce in recent weeks, but forecasters think a busy hurricane season is on the way. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Will Expand Compost Pickup to Queens in October
By Gotham Rex on August 8, 2022
The city will pilot automatic, optional curbside pickup across Queens after lagging behind promises to collect compost. Source: New York Times
How New York City Hopes to Win Its Long, Losing War on Trash
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2022
Can social media and rat-resistant receptacles help clean up the city? Source: New York Times
A Core Ritual Returns: Twice-Weekly Alternate-Side Parking
By Gotham Rex on July 6, 2022
In New York, “your life revolves around alternate-side parking,” one driver lamented. Source: New York Times
Meet the N.Y.C. Sanitation Department’s Resident Artist
By Gotham Rex on May 30, 2022
Sto Len focuses much of his work on environmental issues in New York City, including sites like the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island. Source: New York Times
NYC’s Alternate-Side Parking Ritual Is Back. Cue the Outrage.
By Gotham Rex on April 19, 2022
New York City says that drivers will have to move their cars twice a week again so that dirty streets can be swept clean. Source: New York Times
New York Was Set to Expand Composting. Now It’s on the Chopping Block.
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams wants to suspend the expansion of New York’s composting program, but experts say the program is crucial to the city’s climate targets. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Sanitation Workers Suspended Over Fake Vaccine Cards
By Gotham Rex on November 14, 2021
It is the latest chapter in the protracted debate over the city’s vaccine mandate for municipal workers. Source: New York Times
Pandemic Decluttering
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2021
With little else to do during lockdown, many people decided to do some good housekeeping, and thrift shops are booming. Source: New York Times
Kathryn Garcia Doesn’t Want to Be Anyone’s No. 2
By Gotham Rex on June 7, 2021
Ms. Garcia, a former sanitation commissioner, was regarded as New York City’s problem solver. Now she faces her own challenge: persuading voters to elect a newcomer to politics. Source: New York Times
Essential New York Workers Honor Colleagues Killed by Covid-19
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
The Sanitation Department unveiled a statue to the workers it lost during the pandemic. It is likely to be the first of many such memorials. Source: New York Times