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Incoming Department of Sanitation commissioner Gregory Anderson Credit: Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office<\/p>\nMayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to appoint a state-level operations official as the city\u2019s next sanitation boss, officials confirmed with THE CITY.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gregory Anderson, who is currently the deputy director of state operations in Albany, will be formally announced for the job later this week.<\/p>\n
Before his state gig \u2014 where he worked under former city sanitation commissioner and 2021 mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia \u2014 he spent more than nine years with DSNY, ending up as the deputy commissioner for policy and strategic initiatives.<\/p>\n
His appointment was confirmed by City Hall officials who called it a \u201cwell-deserved homecoming.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Incoming Department of Sanitation commissioner Gregory Anderson Credit: Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office<\/p>\n
\u201cAs commissioner, Gregory will carry forward the transformative projects he helped build, from waste containerization and curbside composting to commercial waste reform,\u201d Mamdani said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Javier Lojan, the acting commissioner, was appointed to the job in November 2024 after former Commissioner Jessica Tisch left to lead the police department.<\/p>\n
Sources told THE CITY Lojan, who joined the sanitation department<\/a> in 1999, wasn\u2019t interested in remaining in the commissioner role.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI am pleased to welcome Greg Anderson as the new DSNY Commissioner, and I\u2019m confident that the Department will continue to thrive under his leadership,\u201d Lojan, who will return as First Deputy Commissioner, said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n The department has had a busy winter, with two major snowstorms since the start of the year, including a blustery February blizzard<\/a> that dumped up to two feet of snow in some parts of the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n More than 2,500 sanitation workers worked multiple 12-hour shifts to clear snow, and then the garbage and trash that had piled up during the storms.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lojan testified this week in front of the City Council about DSNY\u2019s budget \u2014 and the nearly impossible task of enforcing the so-called \u201cPooper Scooper\u201d law<\/a>.<\/p>\n Because of the snowfall this winter and the persistent cold that kept it from melting, removal costs including overtime increased by around $100 million during the current fiscal year from what had been initially allotted based in part on the average cost of snow removal over the previous five years.\u00a0<\/p>\n