Department of Sanitation

A Back of the Napkin Plan to Run NYC Garbage Trucks on Restaurant Waste Oil

Harris Silver | Posted 02.06.2012

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Harris Silver

The NYC Department of Sanitation will use 10 million gallons of fuel, at a cost of approximately 40 million dollars, to collect and dispose of 3.2 mil...

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NYU Grad Killed By Sanitation Truck

Posted 12.08.2011

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A sanitation truck struck and killed a young woman in Brooklyn Wednesday night. Katharine Yun, 25, was crossing Broadway near Driggs in Williamsbu...

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Nervous NYC Overdoes It For Friday's Light Snow

AP | SARA KUGLER FRAZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Bloomberg, Snowstorm 2010, Department of Sanitation, Snow Scandal, Snow, Ny News, Snow Response, Snowstorm, Sanitation, New York News

NEW YORK — New York City came out overprepared Friday for a weak storm that delivered just a few inches of snow – not enough to plow in mo...

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Trash Talk

Courtney Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nyc, Bloomberg Administration, Mayor Bloomberg, Department of Sanitation, Gotham Gazette, New York City, Bushwick, South Bronx, Home News

Neat freaks, beware of Brownsville, steer clear of Morrisania and forget about Chinatown. These are some of the neighborhoods that received the wor...

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Do you live in NYC's dirtiest neighborhood? Tell us why

Gotham Gazette | Courtney Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cleanliness, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Administration, Mayor Bloomberg, Department of Sanitation, Dirty Neighborhoods, Mayor's Office of Operations, Michael Bloomberg, Mayor's Office, Gotham Gazette, Sanitation, NYC Government, New York News

Is your neighborhood spic and span or rife with refuse? The Bloomberg administration puts most of the city in the former category and promises to k...

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John Slattery, Mad Men Star, Fights Sanitation Garage In Neighborhood

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: West Side Highway, Manhattan, Mad Men, Department of Sanitation, New York Department of Sanitation, John Slattery, Roger Sterling, John Slattery Sanitation Garage, Pedestrian Safety, Sterling Cooper, New York City, New York, New York News

NEW YORK — "Mad Men" star John Slattery says not in my back yard. The actor, who plays advertising executive Roger Sterling on the hit televisi...

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Urban and Married Life, With Tickets

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Bureaucracy, Recycling, Marriage, Relationships, New York City, Violation, City Sanitation, City Buraeucracy, Department of Sanitation, Tickets, Court Summons, Recycling Rules, Healthy Living News
Steve Ettlinger

Here, for posterity, is our story of a recent confrontation with the city bureaucracy. TO: New York City Department of Santitation RE: Summons No...

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