Testimony

DSNY's public testimony provided at legislative hearings.

Recent Testimony

2025

• Oversight Hearing - Containerization Requirements on Business Improvement Districts
  June 25, 2025
• FY 2026 Executive Budget Hearing
  May 12, 2025
• Oversight Hearing - Street Vending Enforcement
  May 6, 2025
• Oversight Hearing - Commercial Waste Zones
  April 23, 2025
• Hearing on DSNY's FY 2026 Preliminary Budget
  March 25, 2025
• Oversight Hearing - Snow Preparedness Plans for the 2025 Winter Season
  January 22, 2025

2024

• Oversight Hearing - Containerization of Refuse and Organic Waste
  November 20, 2024
• Oversight Hearing - Waste Diversion
  September 25, 2024
• Oversight Hearing - Commercial Waste Zones
  June 3, 2024
• FY 2025 Executive Budget Hearing
  May 20, 2024
• Oversight Hearing - Street Cleanliness
  May 1, 2024
• Hearing on DSNY's FY 2025 Preliminary Budget and Preliminary Mayor's Management Report
  March 14, 2024
• Oversight Hearing - City's Infrastructure to Handle & Process Organic Waste
  February 27, 2024

Older Testimony

2023

• Oversight Hearing - Rat Mitigation & Public Health
  December 7, 2023
• Oversight Hearing - The State of NYC Sanitation Workers' Safety and Protections and Intros. 978, 1131 & 1161
  October 24, 2023
• Hearing on Sanitation & Solid Waste Management - Intros. 413, 769, 809, 861, 981, and 1032 - Street Cleanliness
  September 12, 2023
• FY 2024 Executive Budget Hearing
  May 12, 2023
• Hearing on DSNY's FY 2024 Preliminary Budget and Preliminary FY 2024 Mayor's Management Report
  March 15, 2023
• Hearing on Sanitation & Solid Waste Management and Small Business - Intros 493 and 933 - Preparing NYC Businesses for Commercial Waste Zones
  February 22, 2023

2022

• Hearing on Consumer and Worker Protection - Intro 559 - Restricting eating utensils and extra eating containers, and clarifying the definition of third-party courier service
  December 12, 2022
• Hearing on Sanitation & Solid Waste Management - Intros 32, 33, 110, 145, 238, 630, & 693
  October 20, 2022
• Oversight Hearing: The State of NYC Recycling  - Intro. 494 - A Study on Single-Use Plastics
  September 20, 2022
• Zero Waste Hearing - Intros 244, 274, 275, 280 & 281 - English 
  June 15, 2022
• FY 2023 Executive Budget Hearing (Spanish translation)
  May 10, 2022
• Oversight hearing on Waste Equity, Transfer Stations and Commercial Waste Zones
  April 29, 2022
• Hearing on the FY 2023 Preliminary Budget and FY 2022 Preliminary Mayor's Management Report
  March 23, 2022
• Oversight Hearing on Clean Streets and Expanding Vital Sanitation Service
  March 4, 2022

2021

• Hearing with New York City Council Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing on Intro 1775B
  December 7, 2021
• Hearing with New York City Council Committee on Government Operations for Intro 2409
  November 29, 2021
• Oversight Hearing on Advancements in Residential and Commercial Solid Waste Management Systems
  November 16, 2021
• Hearing on Street and Sidewalk Cleanliness & Intro. 471
  October 4, 2021
• Hearing with New York City Council Committees on Small Business Intro. 568 - Testimony of Bridget Anderson
  September 17, 2021
• Hearing on the City's Resiliency Efforts and Preparation for Storms
  September 14, 2021
• Hearing on Intro. 2349 and a Pre-considered Intro. T2021-7669
  June 24, 2021
• Hearing on the Department of Sanitation FY22 Executive Budget
  May 14, 2021
• Oversight: Getting to Zero Waste and Intros 844, 2103 & 2250
  April 21, 2021
• Hearing on the FY22 Preliminary Budget & FY021 Preliminary Mayor's Management Report
  March 4, 2021