Commissioners
1981 – 1889 James S. Coleman
Vacant from December 31, 1889 – January 17, 1890.
1890 – 1890 Horace Loomis
1890 – 1891 Hans .S. Beattie
William Dalton Acting Commissioner for one day September 16, 1891.
1891 – 1893 Thomas S. Brennan
1893 – 1895 William S. Andrews
1895 – 1897 George E. Waring
In 1895, New York City Mayor William Lafayette Strong appointed Waring commissioner of the city’s Department of Street Cleaning.
DID YOU KNOW?Strong’s original choice for the position—future president Theodore Roosevelt—turned the job down in favor of the higher-profile post of police commissioner. (Founded in 1881, the Department of Street Cleaning was the precursor of the New York City Department of Sanitation, now the largest of its kind in the world.)
1898 – 1900 James McCartney
Vacant from February 7, 1900 – February 12, 1900.
1900 – 1901 Percival E. Nagle
1902 – 1906 John McGaw Woodbury
1906 -1907 MacDonough Craven
1907 – 1907 Walter Bensel
1907 – 1909 Foster Crowell
1909 -1913 William H. Edwards
1914 – 1917 John T. Fetherston
1918 – 1821 Arnold B. MacStay
Arnold B. MacStay was acting commissioner from January 1, 1918 to January 30, 1918.
1921 – 1921 John P. Leo
Salary Street Sweeper $660.00 per year
Manpower 3,299
1921 – 1929 Alfred A. Taylor
Alfred A. Taylor was acting commissioner from November 18, 1921 to November 25, 1921.
1923
Salary $1,586.00
Manpower 6,582
A three man commission was in charge from November 30, 1929 to April 18, 1933.
- William J. Schroeder Jr. (Chairman).
- Leonard C.L. Smith (Engineering).
- Charles S. Hand (Lay).