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Table 10.VI.A

New York City (NYC)
Department of Sanitation
Service Indicators

 
 

Critical Objectives  

  • Increase street and sidewalk cleanliness and the number of cleaned vacant lots.
  • Clear snow from City streets and roadways.
  • Collect and dispose of household and institutional refuse.
  • Remove and process recyclable materials.
  • Minimize the environmental impact of waste transfer stations on City neighborhoods and residents.
 
     Fiscal Year  
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012  
  Total full-time employees
(as of June 30)
9,581
9,758
9,845
9,802
9,723
9,354
8,722
8,998
 
    Uniformed employees
7,619
7,733
7,758
7,690
7,612
7,227
6,654
6,991
 
    Civilian employees
1,962
2,025
2,087
2,112
2,111
2,127
2,069
2,007
 
     
  Percent of streets
rated acceptably clean
91.5%
93.10%
94.30%
95.7%
95.8%
95.3
94.5%
95.5%
 
  Annual tons disposed
(thousands)
3,588.6
3,559.3
3,491.4
3,441.3
3,306.7
3,308.4
3,261.2
3,269.5
 
  Tons per day disposed
11,882
11,786
11,561
11,433
10,986
10,991
10,385
10,826
 
  Annual tons recycles
(thousands)
2,103
1,691
1,697
1,922
1,683
1,022
1,231
N/A
 
  Recycled tons per day
6,742
5,419
5,438
6,160
5,394
3,779
3,944
N/A
 
  Number of
chlorofluorocarbon/freon
recoveries
133,050
130,863
83,654
49,043
34,327
30,482
23,008
17,270
 
  Snow overtime
($ thousands)
$22,153
$19,007
$21,140
$6,124
$16,874
$36,717
$62,354
$7,185
 
 


N/A: Not Available

Source: 
NYC Mayor's Management Report

 

 

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