Teresa H. Neal was promoted to Director of DSNY’s EEO Office in December, 2011.  (Prior to that, Ms. Neal, who joined the Department in 1988,  had served in the capacities of EEO Investigator and Deputy Director of EEO.)

 During her tenure with the Department, Ms. Neal has been instrumental in providing Sanitation’s Commissioners with the necessary information and support to maintain the Department’s compliance with the Citywide EEO Policy. 

In addition to heading the unit which accepts and investigates complaints of discrimination from DSNY employees, and applicants to the Department as well, Director Neal sits on the Evaluation Review Board and the Promotion Review Board.  She monitors all employment actions including hiring practices, sick leave policies, terminations and any other activities that may impact an individual’s fair and equitable treatment in the workplace.  Ms. Neal has worked on developing the Department’s policies on equal opportunity, sexual harassment prevention and the rights of people with disabilities.

Director Neal in her capacity as a long time employee of DSNY’s EEO Office, has assisted in guiding the Department’s EEO Program during the critical years when women first joined the Department as sanitation workers.  She has played instrumental roles in major recruitment campaigns over the years to bring more minorities and women into the Sanitation workforce.  Ms. Neal’s goals have always involved bringing about a greater diversity within the Department, which is truly representative of the broad ethnic cross-section of this City.

Ms. Neal, who has a B.A. in History, is a graduate of Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York.