Q&A
DSNY staffing for sidewalk snow removal enforcement
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Council Member Shaun Abreu inquires about the Department of Sanitation's staffing for sidewalk snow removal enforcement. Acting Commissioner Javier Lojan explains that DSNY doesn't allocate specific personnel for this task but relies on field supervisors, sanitation police officers, and enforcement agents during their regular duties.
- On average, 425 field supervisors, 68 sanitation police officers, and 38 enforcement agents are available during a 24-hour period for various operations, including snow removal enforcement.
- Enforcement actions can only begin after a snowstorm has stopped.
- There is no specific ramp-up in staffing just for snow removal enforcement; instead, personnel multitask across various responsibilities.
Shaun Abreu
0:30:06
How many staffers does DSNY allocate to sidewalk snow removal enforcement?
Javier Lojan
0:30:11
So we don't allocate specific enforcement personnel when it comes to, snow removal.
0:30:18
What we usually do is that we have our field supervisors, and in the course of their duties, they are, you know, looking at those kinds of areas that have violations where they're not you know, properties are not clearing their sidewalks.
0:30:32
But, you know, it on average, we would have about 425 field supervisors, 68 sanitation police officers, and then 38 enforcement agents on a general, you know, shift, 24 hour period when we're in on these kinds of operations.
0:30:49
They would be the ones issuing these summons.
Shaun Abreu
0:30:51
Is there a ramped up enforcement, during, during snow snowfall?
0:30:59
No.
0:30:59
Or on the day that it's snowing?
Javier Lojan
0:31:01
Yeah.
0:31:01
I mean, so we wouldn't be able to issue summonses until after the storm stopped.
0:31:06
And then at that point, they're multitasking.
0:31:09
So they're looking at, you know, right now, like today, we're into regular collection operations.
0:31:14
We had some post snowstorm operations.
0:31:17
So they're monitoring all that stuff.
0:31:19
And in the course of their duties, they're doing that.
0:31:21
So, you know, ramp we we do maximize the people that are working, but we don't just ramp up just for that purpose.