Overview
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Gregory Anderson as New York City’s sanitation commissioner, formalizing the leadership shift on Wednesday.
- Acting commissioner Javier Lojan will return to first deputy commissioner, having indicated he did not seek to remain in the top job.
- Anderson previously spent nearly a decade at DSNY and most recently served as deputy director of state operations under Gov. Kathy Hochul, working closely with former DSNY chief Kathryn Garcia.
- The commissioner is tasked with advancing containerized collection, curbside composting mandates, and commercial waste reform, including distributing delayed city-issued bins and enforcing separation rules.
- City law requires full containerization by 2032, with lidded bins for one- to nine-unit buildings due by June 2026 and Empire Bins for larger buildings already deployed in parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn.