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Night Plow 2020-2021 Recap from the outside.

In DSNY Life, Labor, Night Plow, Safety, Weather by Samuel RiveraJuly 28, 2021Leave a Comment

Good Job boys and girls. Enjoy your Summer and make some good memories.

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They Forgot My Garbage

In Cleaning, Collection, DSNY Life, Enforcement, Labor, New Jacks, Night Plow, Safety, Uncategorized, Winter by Samuel RiveraApril 22, 2021Leave a Comment

You have to call 311 or visit their site Home NYC311. When you see electronic(s) not working, the first thing you do is to make sure its plugged in if …

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Night Plow 2020 – 2021

In DSNY Life, Night Plow by Samuel RiveraNovember 13, 2020Leave a Comment

It looks like no layoffs, no hiring, no demotions, plus no time off.

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Night Plow 2019-2020 Recap

In Bronx, Brooklyn North, Brooklyn South, Manhattan, Night Plow, Queens East, Queens West, Staten Island, Weather by Samuel RiveraMay 6, 2020Leave a Comment

So here we are, Night Plow over and entering a world that not one of us could have ever imagined. The end of Night Plow has always been a time …

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Sleep will save your life!

In DSNY Life, Medical, Night Plow, Safety by Samuel RiveraOctober 11, 2019Leave a Comment

You want to make it thru Night Plow nice and safe, one way to help you acclomplish this “Get plenty of sleep”. This will keep your stress level down and …

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DSNY Debt

In DSNY Life, Finance, New Jacks, Night Plow, Sanitation Worker, Uniform, Women by Samuel RiveraDecember 5, 2018Leave a Comment

This is probably the most affected group that we have of Financial Panicking, not all of us come to this job with money.

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Let the Games Begin

In Bronx, DSNY Family, DSNY Life, Holiday, Night Plow, Safety, Weather by Samuel RiveraNovember 11, 2017Leave a Comment

There is nothing better than spending a cold day/night in a cozy bed under the blankets, but it is especially gratifying after spending some very cold nights as a NYC …

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You still coming in?

In DSNY Life, Night Plow, Safety, Weather by Samuel RiveraSeptember 22, 2017

OK, boys and girls, imagine the biggest storm ever hits New York and you get stuck at home and have to go to work.  Boy do you have a problem, …

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April 2017

In DSNY 911, In Loving Memory, New Jacks, Night Plow, Quote, Retirement by Samuel RiveraApril 18, 2017Leave a Comment

Welcome back 🙂 Nothing like a long winter to appreciate a long summer. For some its just seeing daylight for others its eating dinner with your family. Whatever your reason, …

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Taking the Badge Supervisor Edition

In DSNY Life, In Loving Memory, Night Plow, Retirement, Sanitation Worker, Supervisor by Samuel RiveraApril 4, 2017Leave a Comment

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

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Night Plow 2016-2017 Recapped

In Bronx, Chief, DSNY Life, In Loving Memory, Manhattan, Night Plow, Queens East, Sanitation Worker, Staten Island, Supervisor by Samuel RiveraMarch 31, 2017Leave a Comment

Well its over(Night Plow). Now What? For some its going out of town and accumulating hours for those long summer ahead, for others its getting all your ducks in line …

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Is Winter Over?

In DSNY Life, Enforcement, Exam, Holiday, In Loving Memory, New Jacks, Night Plow, Retirement, Weather by Samuel RiveraFebruary 28, 2017Leave a Comment

Not quite! Its too early, no rest for the weary. NYC saw some bad storms in the past in March, there were some doosies but the chances are slim if …

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Working in the Snow

In DSNY Life, Gallery, Night Plow, Safety, Weather by Samuel RiveraFebruary 4, 2017Leave a Comment

Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. The Adult Edition Things you need to know for that Snow Day. DSNY starts their plowing left to right. What does …

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Murphy’s Law Collection Edition

In Cleaning, Collection, Enforcement, Night Plow, Sanitation Worker, Weather by Samuel RiveraJanuary 21, 2017Leave a Comment

They Missed My Stop.One of my early days as a Supervisor I was assigned to the field, not knowing what I was doing I noticed a bunch of stops still …

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Mock Snow Storm DSNY Family Weekly V47

In Armed Forces, Holiday, In Loving Memory, Medical, Night Plow, Safety, Supervisor, Weather, Weekly by Samuel RiveraNovember 26, 2016Leave a Comment

Training, training and more training. There’s no more fun than training for snow on a sunny day, but necessary, yeah! I said that.I always thought this was a good idea, …

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Night Plow 2016-2017 DSNY Family Weekly V45

In DSNY Life, Night Plow, Supervisor by Samuel RiveraNovember 12, 2016Leave a Comment

This is it, last weekend before Night Plow, ENJOY! Safety Sleep Safety Rest Safety Stay Alert Safety Safety Sleep Safety Things night Garage Supervisors think on Night Plow. Damn, they’re …

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Sundays

In DSNY Life, In Loving Memory, Manhattan, Night Plow, Weekly by Samuel RiveraOctober 29, 2016Leave a Comment

Security Who in the hell likes working Sundays, I didn’t! In most cases this was the only day in the week where the whole family would get together and you …

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Teamwork or Mutiny DSNY Family Weekly V42

In Collection, DSNY Life, Equipment, Night Plow, Weather by Samuel RiveraOctober 23, 2016Leave a Comment

Teamwork, Mutiny or just Common Sense?

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Chiefs DSNY Family Weekly V41

In Chief, DSNY Life, Medical, Night Plow by Samuel RiveraOctober 15, 2016Leave a Comment

My first experiences with this group was working in the snow room in Operation for night plow(1996-1997) before getting promoted, and that experience guided me in my perception of them through …

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8-4 Garage Supervisor DSNY Family V34

In Chief, Cleaning, DSNY Family Memes, DSNY Family Weekly, DSNY Life, DSNY Video, Equipment, Events, History, Holiday, In Loving Memory, Manhattan, Night Plow, Supervisor by Samuel RiveraAugust 27, 2016Leave a Comment

This is the cream of the crop(not all the time) oops did I say(write) that out loud. I think I was in the middle of that crop when it came …