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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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Fiat

In Cleaning, Collection, DSNY 911, DSNY Life, Mechanic, New Jacks, Retirement, Sanitation Worker, Video by Samuel RiveraMay 9, 2017Leave a Comment

Saw this happen plenty of times, guys/girls going over and above one day and then the next day they’re back in the doghouse. Reminder: You’re only as good as your …

DSNY 911 DSNY Family Weekly V36

In DSNY 911, History, In Loving Memory, Safety by Samuel RiveraSeptember 11, 2016Leave a Comment

15 years and it still hurts! This year I am going to give thanks to the living, that these people are still alive and still giving and contributing is a …

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Lingo DSNY Family Weekly V25

In DSNY Family, DSNY Family Weekly, DSNY Life, Medical, Safety, Weekly by Samuel RiveraJune 25, 2016Leave a Comment

What you Said? Yeah, we have a very colorful language, some of it might sound downright unappropriated for the civilize world, but remember we are dealing with some unusual circumstances …

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DSNY Family Weekly V22

In Safety, Travel by Samuel RiveraJune 6, 2016Leave a Comment

I think its safe to say Winter is over, just keep in mind Summer is just as dangerous for us.Summer brings other perils in different forms, instead of the cold …

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Arctic Blast

In DSNY Life, Medical, Night Plow, Weather, Winter by Samuel RiveraFebruary 9, 2016Leave a Comment

Check truck, make sure it is 100% ready to go out in this cold, you don’t want to get stuck.

Tales From Our Trash

In Brooklyn North, DSNY Video, History by Samuel RiveraNovember 17, 2013Leave a Comment

Tales From Our Trash: Sanitation Workers, Sustainable Cities, and the Value of Knowledge

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Garbage doesn’t lie

In DSNY Video, History by Samuel RiveraAugust 22, 2013Leave a Comment

Related articles The Last Lid: Kevlar Garbage Can Cover North Atlantic Garbage Patch in Atlantic Ocean The US is Banned From Exporting Garbage to China Through the ‘Green Fence Initiative’ …

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A life of grime in New York

In DSNY Video by Samuel RiveraJuly 3, 2013Leave a Comment

Boy, has times changed.

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Sesame Street: Garbageman’s Blues Song

In DSNY Video, Equipment by Samuel RiveraMarch 29, 2013Leave a Comment

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DSNY Harlem Shake

In Video by Samuel RiveraMarch 6, 2013Leave a Comment

Good Job 🙂

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1989 “The Hidden City”

In Equipment by Samuel RiveraNovember 27, 2012Leave a Comment

I can’t believe this is 1989, a year before I came on. In July 1989, with the passage of Local Law 19, recycling became mandatory Collection of required materials was …

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Andrew Macchio “The Singing Sanitation Worker”

In DSNY 911, DSNY Top Stories, In Loving Memory, Manhattan by Samuel RiveraDecember 10, 20101 Comment

Singing Sanitation WorkerGround Zero “Singing Sanitation Man” Laid To RestSinging worker gives a full-throated effortDEAR DIARY: IT’S HALLOWED GROUND ZERO

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