New York's Strongest to Make Quick Work of First Challenge of the New Year: Cleaning Times Square!

December 31, 2024

Just as one million New Year's revelers start making their way home after the ball drops in Times Square, hundreds of New York's Strongest are just beginning their work, cleaning the tons of confetti and debris that will be left behind – and they will get the job done in mere hours!

The New York City Department of Sanitation clean team will consist of:

• 284 Sanitation Workers, and
• 42 Officers.

They will use:

• 45 mechanical brooms,
• 64 hand brooms,
• 63 backpack blowers, and
• 33 collection trucks to get the job done.

Following the celebration last year, Sanitation crews picked up more than 53 tons of debris.

About the New York City Department of Sanitation

The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City clean, safe, and healthy by collecting, recycling, and disposing of waste, cleaning streets, attacking the scourge of illegal dumping, and clearing snow and ice. The Department operates 59 district garages and manages a fleet of more than 2,000 rear-loading collection trucks, 450 mechanical brooms, 705 salt spreaders, and several dozen bike lane operations machines. Under the Adams Administration, the Department is aggressively cleaning more parts of the City than ever before, including over 1,000 long-ignored areas spread across every neighborhood. With the highest wintertime uniformed headcount in 20 years, DSNY is more equipped than ever to remove snow and ice from the approximately 19,000 lane-miles of City streets.