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Trucks dumped on shift (%)
Collect and dispose of waste. — Improve efficiency of waste handling.
The FY24 peak (56.8%) followed operational changes DSNY made to truck routing that year. The subsequent decline is tied to the citywide rollout of curbside composting: many collection trucks now carry two separate bins and must offload at two different facilities, often far apart, which takes more time and leaves less room in a shift to complete a second trip to the dump.
Researched July 16, 2026 — DSNY, Fiscal 2024 Mayor's Management Report, DSNY, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report, DSNY, Preliminary Fiscal 2026 Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above.
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| Fiscal year | Actual | Target |
|---|---|---|
| FY22 | 35.7% | 45.6% |
| FY23 | 42.1% | 45.6% |
| FY24 | 56.8% | 45.6% |
| FY25 | 51.1% | 45.6% |
| FY26 (YTD) | 41.5% | 45.6% |
Why this is tracked
DSNY traces to the 1881 Department of Street Cleaning, one of the first sanitation agencies anywhere to clean streets and remove snow across every neighborhood regardless of class, rather than only in wealthier districts. Colonel George Waring's tenure in the 1890s built the organized, uniformed collection system that made citywide service actually work in practice. Since Fresh Kills, once the world's largest landfill, closed in 2001 after decades of community opposition, New York has had to export essentially all of its residential garbage out of state, making efficient, reliable collection and disposal an ongoing logistical and financial challenge, not just a historical one.
A History of Heroism - Sanitation Foundation, Fresh Kills Landfill - Wikipedia
Source: Operations Management Division — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: Percentage of total number of trucks that collect and dispose of their materials at their designated transfer stations within their eight-hour shifts.