{"id":200163,"date":"2026-04-17T00:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200163\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:24:41","slug":"jersey-city-bringing-in-former-nyc-sanitation-official-as-dpw-superintendent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200163\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey City bringing in former NYC sanitation official as DPW superintendent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Jersey City is bringing in former New York City Department of Sanitation Manhattan Borough Chief James Leavy as their Department of Public Works (DPW) superintendent. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/James-Leavy.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/James-Leavy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"348\"  \/><\/a>Photo courtesy of the City of Jersey City.<\/p>\n<p>By John Heinis\/Hudson County View<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJersey City residents deserve a Department of Public Works that is world-class, and James Leavy is the leader to get us there. He has spent his entire career mastering exactly the kind of complex, high-stakes urban operations we need to improve here in Jersey City,\u201d Mayor James Solomon said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom storm response to sanitation to fleet management, he has seen it all and delivered results. I am confident that under his leadership, we will modernize how this department operates, raise the bar on service delivery, and make real the reforms our residents have been asking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At DSNY, Leavy directed emergency response during major weather events and the COVID-19 pandemic, managed logistics for marquee civic events including the New York City Marathon and Times Square New Year\u2019s Eve celebration, and oversaw data-driven improvements to service delivery across Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent my career in service to the public, and I know what it takes to run operations that residents can count on every single day. Jersey City is a dynamic, growing city and its residents deserve a Public Works department that meets that moment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m eager to get to work alongside this team, implement the reforms that will make our operations stronger and more responsive, and ensure that every neighborhood in this city sees the results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leavy, who has 25 years of municipal experience, succeeds Greg Kierce, whose last day on the job is today, though he will remain head of the city\u2019s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, as <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsoncountyview.com\/kierce-departing-as-jersey-city-dpw-director-will-remain-head-of-citys-oem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HCV first reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kierce <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsoncountyview.com\/jersey-city-council-seeks-answers-on-snowstorm-response-at-caucus-meeting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">faced scrutiny<\/a> for the municipal response to the January 25th blizzard that dumped between 15 and 18 inches of snow throughout the city, which <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsoncountyview.com\/solomon-jersey-city-residents-deserved-better-during-the-january-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a city report<\/a> attributed to outdated snow maps and equipment and no shift work planning, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Leavy will oversee 10 divisions within the DPW, including Sanitation, Buildings and Street Maintenance, Automotive Maintenance, Forestry, Solid Waste Recycling, Graffiti Removal, Neighborhood Improvement, Demolition, Automobile Impounding, and Administrative Services.<\/p>\n<p>He will also serve as the city\u2019s liaison to the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority, set to start in his new role on Monday, according to the mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Jersey City is bringing in former New York City Department of Sanitation Manhattan Borough Chief&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,53048,79169,13338,38199,53049,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-200163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-greg-kierce","12":"tag-james-leavy","13":"tag-james-solomon","14":"tag-jersey-city-city-hall","15":"tag-jersey-city-department-of-public-works","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}