Sanitation Promotes Three Star Chief

Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty today announced the promotion of Steven Costas to three-star Chief (General Superintendent Level IV).  Chief Costas is currently in charge of the Department's Personnel Management Division, which works closely with the Bureau of Human Resources during the hiring process of new Sanitation Workers, promotions, demotions, employee evaluation, assistance and other personnel actions.

Sanitation Promotes Three Two Star Chiefs

Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty today announced the promotions of three Assistant Chiefs (General Superintendent, Level III): Michael Bonacorsa, Thomas Killeen, and Shari Pardini, the first female to achieve the two-star Chief rank in the Department's history.

New York’s Strongest: Up Close

The Queens Courier’s Noah Rosenberg recently followed the Department’s own Sanitation Worker Dennis Vitelli, assigned to Queens East District 13A Garage, on his refuse collection route.  With the Queens Courier’s permission, we’ve posted a link to the article and video about how DSNY collect’s 11,000 tons of refuse and recycling daily.

Queens Courier - "24-HOUR QUEENS: They keep on truckin’ morning, noon and night"

To Recycle, or not to Recycle?

WNBC TV recently broadcast this very timely tutorial on what to recycle featuring Commissioner John J. Doherty. With WNBC TV’s permission, we’ve posted this exciting, fast-moving video on our web site to encourage everyone to do their part to help our city and our environment.