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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Snow removal operations and equity improvements
0:23:45
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Commissioner Lojan highlights improvements in snow removal operations, emphasizing equity in service across all city streets.
- The old system of primary, secondary, and tertiary streets has been eliminated
- Every street is now on a route, and all routes can be dispatched simultaneously
- New brine flushers are being introduced to reduce dependence on rock salt
- In the winter of 2024-2025, DSNY responded to 14 winter weather events with 12.5 inches of accumulating precipitation
- Sanitation workers worked 12-hour shifts for weeks to address winter conditions
Javier Lojan
0:23:45
All new brine flushers are on their way, reducing the city's dependence on rock salt and proving that even in a perfect science like snow removal, there is always room for innovation as part part of the trash revolution.
0:23:56
We'll have more to say about that at the next snow hearing.
0:23:59
In the winter of twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five, the SMY responded to 14 winter weather events and observed 12.5 inches of accumulating precipitation.
0:24:08
Half of these events were in February alone, and sanitation workers were on twelve hour shifts for weeks to address those conditions.
0:24:16
Thanks to their efforts and the administration's investments, they were able to get the streets open, even servicing car lanes and bike lanes at the same time.
0:24:23
I wanna take this moment to thank our sanitation workers for their efforts, for being the heroes with the plow, and just as they have been for decades.