NYC NYC Sanitation Department History and Structure 3

Question 1

What is the primary mission of DSNY's Bureau of Waste Disposal?

Accepted Answer

Managing landfills, transfer stations, and waste export operations

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Issuing violation notices

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Operating street sweepers

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Overseeing the organics program only

Question 2

NYC's Fresh Kills Landfill, once the world's largest, is located in which borough?

Accepted Answer

Staten Island

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Brooklyn

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Queens

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The Bronx

Question 3

After Fresh Kills closed, NYC primarily began exporting its residential waste to facilities in what region?

Accepted Answer

Upstate New York and neighboring states like Pennsylvania and Virginia

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New England

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Canada

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New Jersey only

Question 4

What was the significance of the 1968 DSNY sanitation workers' strike in New York City?

Accepted Answer

It demonstrated workers' power and resulted in significant wage and benefit gains

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It led to the creation of curbside recycling

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It caused the mayor to create DSNY

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It resulted in privatization of sanitation services

Question 5

Which civil service list process does NYC use to call candidates for the Sanitation Worker title?

Accepted Answer

Ranked eligible list based on exam score and seniority points

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First come, first served applications

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Lottery-based selection

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Interview-only process

Question 6

The DSNY Commissioner is appointed by which official?

Accepted Answer

The NYC Mayor

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The NYC City Council

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The Governor of New York

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A DSNY board of directors