Mayor Zohran Mamdani is anticipated to nominate a state-level operations official as the town’s subsequent sanitation boss, officers confirmed with THE CITY.
Gregory Anderson, who’s presently the deputy director of state operations in Albany, might be formally introduced for the job later this week.
Earlier than his state gig — the place he labored underneath former metropolis sanitation commissioner and 2021 mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia — he spent greater than 9 years with DSNY, ending up because the deputy commissioner for coverage and strategic initiatives.
His appointment was confirmed by Metropolis Corridor officers who referred to as it a “well-deserved homecoming.”
“As commissioner, Gregory will carry ahead the transformative initiatives he helped construct, from waste containerization and curbside composting to industrial waste reform,” Mamdani mentioned in an announcement.
Javier Lojan, the performing commissioner, was appointed to the job in November 2024 after former Commissioner Jessica Tisch left to steer the police division.
Sources informed THE CITY Lojan, who joined the sanitation division in 1999, wasn’t taken with remaining within the commissioner position.
“I’m happy to welcome Greg Anderson as the brand new DSNY Commissioner, and I’m assured that the Division will proceed to thrive underneath his management,” Lojan, who will return as First Deputy Commissioner, mentioned in an announcement.
The division has had a busy winter, with two main snowstorms for the reason that begin of the 12 months, together with a blustery February blizzard that dumped as much as two ft of snow in some components of the town.
Greater than 2,500 sanitation employees labored a number of 12-hour shifts to clear snow, after which the rubbish and trash that had piled up in the course of the storms.
Lojan testified this week in entrance of the Metropolis Council about DSNY’s finances — and the practically not possible process of imposing the so-called “Pooper Scooper” legislation.
Due to the snowfall this winter and the persistent chilly that saved it from melting, removing prices together with extra time elevated by round $100 million in the course of the present fiscal 12 months from what had been initially allotted primarily based partially on the typical value of snow removing over the earlier 5 years.
The incoming commissioner should oversee the continued rollout of obligatory bins with lids as the town strikes to completely containerizing its residential trash.
The bins might be required for all buildings with between one and 9 items by this June.
