Department of Sanitation Archives

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The number of NYPD tickets in 2024 was five times higher than in 2019, when the police were the primary enforcers of vendor rules before the pandemic hit and the…

ByDaniel Parra 4Comments

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Nov 2024

Economy Government Immigration In Depth Politics

Amid Street Vendor Crackdown, NYC Voters Approve Enforcement Expansion

The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and NYPD, the two main enforcement agencies for street vending rules since 2023, have together issued 9,028 tickets to vendors so far this year. The…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Labor Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Mayor’s Ballot Questions Are a Quiet Power Grab

“In the midst of a five-count federal indictment, Mayor Adams is rushing to ask New Yorkers at the ballot for more power and less oversight.”

ByDarío Maestro 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Labor Transportation

Lawmakers Seek More Changes to NYC’s Street Vending Rules

Two years after the passage of Local Law 18—intended to overhaul street vending regulations and add hundreds of additional licenses to the market each year—councilmembers are weighing another package of…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Oct 2023

Climate and Environment Government Transportation

As NYC Rolls Out Mandatory Composting, Will New Yorkers Comply?

Recycling rates around longtime existing requirements—which ask residents to separate paper, plastics, metal and glass from the rest of their trash—have failed to improve over the last decade. Getting New…

ByMariana Simões 10Comments

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Aug 2023

Economy Government Labor News

In First Months of Street Vendor Enforcement, Sanitation Seized—Then Donated—32,220 Pounds of Food

Since Sanitation took the street vending enforcement reins, the department has confiscated abandoned or non-compliant material from street vendors in 228 cases, and has donated 32,220 pounds of food and…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Politics Transportation

NYC Makes it Mandatory for Residential Buildings to Recycle Food Waste

The City Council on Thursday passed a “groundbreaking” legislative package that forces the city to divert food-based garbage away from landfills and reuse it instead for environmentally friendly purposes like…

ByMariana Simões 6Comments

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Apr 2023

Climate and Environment Government Video

SEE IT: How NYC Turns Food & Yard Waste Into ‘Big Apple Compost’

City Limits takes a multimedia look at how food waste is repurposed at the Department of Sanitation’s 33-acre composting facility in the Fresh Kills section of Staten Island. The site…

ByAdi Talwar

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2023

Government

Sanitation Department Adds 200 ‘Smart Bins’ in NYC’s Latest Composting Expansion

Organic waste collection has become a growing priority as the city seeks to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills, though its composting efforts have been rolled…

ByMary Cunningham 6Comments

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Mar 2022

Climate and Environment Government

Opinion: It’s Time for NYC to Think Outside the Composting Box

‘Mayor Adams has taken on the admirable challenge of promoting plant-based diets because of their health benefits to individuals. In many ways, composting and healthy eating go hand-in-hand, improving human…

ByNancy Holt

ByCalder Orr 1Comment

NYC Issued Over 10,000 Street Vendor Tickets, Confiscated Tons of Food in 2024