Sanitation Department Archives – QNS

a public trash can that is overstuffed with garbage

AMNY

Trash talk: What’s NYC doing about overflowing public litter baskets full of waste?

A women in snow fall holding umbrella

AMNY

Snowstorm in the forecast Sunday as NYC ahead of an arctic blast

Mayor Adams stands with city officials to announce the Queens organics composting program

AMNY

Mandatory composting starts Oct. 6: Here’s what you need to know

Mayor Adams stands with city officials to announce the Queens organics composting program

AMNY

Mandatory composting in NYC is coming. Here’s how you can get a free bin.

Firefighter in New York City

AMNY

Silver linings: New Yorkers happy with the basics while giving poor marks to quality-of-life in survey

Snow falls in New York

AMNY

Winter Storm Watch for NYC Tuesday; how much snow will we get? Are schools closing?

Snow falls in New York

AMNY

MORE SNOW?! NYC set to get second storm in a week after nearly two-year snowless streak

Bicyclist on greenway in New York City

AMNY

Op-ed | Investing in clean, green public space for all New Yorkers

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AMNY

VACCINE MANDATE: Firefighters and cops still lag behind, but 91% of city workforce now has the shot

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COVID-19 budget cuts force suspensions of NYC compost, e-waste collection programs

By Robert Pozarycki

The inactive Maspeth incinerator as shown in this 2016 photo.

Maspeth

Clearing the air on a trashy idea for Maspeth: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

A tree being chipped at Travers Park in Jackson Heights in 2015.

News

Recycle your live Christmas trees at 13 locations across Queens during ‘MulchFest 2018’

By Robert Pozarycki

Sanitation Dept.’s Queen of Trash

News

Sanitation Dept.’s Queen of Trash

By Merle Exit

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Auburndale

Organic food recycling is coming to Ridgewood and northeast Queens this fall

By Robert Pozarycki

Jamaica

New trash cans set up along Hillside Avenue Corridor

By Madina Toure

Flushing

City puts trash bins at Prince Street triangle in downtown Flushing

By Madina Toure

Flushing

Flushing community sanitation program kicks off

By Madina Toure

Borough recovers after being ignored during city snowstorm

By Madina Toure

City steps up snow removal efforts in Queens

By Madina Toure

There was enough snow on 71st Avenue in Ridgewood for residents to create a large igloo in the middle of the street.

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Blizzard of 2016 was too much, too soon for Ridgewood

By Robert Pozarycki

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Politics

PHOTOS: Queens still immobile — and angry — as blizzard cleanup continues

By Robert Pozarycki

Many inches of snow still covered 66th Road off 78th Street in Middle Village on Sunday.

Middle Village snow diary: Residents dig out where plows have ‘forgotten’

By Robert Pozarycki

Up to 10 inches of snow could fall at JFK Airport during this weekend's storm, according to the National Weather Service.

The Blizzard of 2016: Here’s how the city’s getting ready for it

By Robert Pozarycki

Images of Coleman Square before and after a Sanitation Department cleanup last week.

Social media outreach spurs quick cleanup of Howard Beach’s Coleman Square

By Robert Pozarycki

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