It's Your Money NYC: Hold Your Government Accountable

Funding for '09

$390,270,000

Employees

121

Who funds this program?

City

390,014,000 (100%)

Capital

255,000 (Less than 1%)

How is the money spent?

Salaries

9,625,000 (2%)

Supplies

438,000 (Less than 1%)

Property & Equipment

536,000 (Less than 1%)

Contracted Services

377,843,000 (97%)

Other and Fixed Charges

18,822,000 (Less than 1%)

What your money funds:

The Waste Disposal and Export Bureau is responsible for all disposing and exporting of waste and recycling collected, and formulating plans for these responsibilities. This budget also funds the operations necessary for the closure of Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island.

1. In FY07, the Department exported 11,554 tons daily of the city's residential and institutional waste. The Department has contracts with eight vendors who operate 20 waste disposal facilities. Of these, 17 are transfer stations and three are resource recovery plants. These contracts are the main cost of the program.
2. The Department fulfilled its commitment to closing the Fresh Kills Landfill in the spring of 2001. Now, all residential and institutional refuse collected in New York City is exported outside of the City for final disposal.
3. The opening of the Staten Island Transfer Station in November 2006 is part of the Solid Waste Management Plan that requires that all Department managed waste be transported by rail or barge instead of by truck. The Staten Island Railroad recently started running again in order to allow waste to go to the Lee County Landfill in South Carolina.
4. In 2007, in the Bronx, the Department entered into a 20-year contract with Waste Management to deliver all Bronx refuse to the Harlem River Yards facility, where it will be transported for final disposal outside of the City via rail.
5. Fresh Kills: At the end of FY07, the Department projected the annual re-estimated closure and post-closure care costs of the Fresh Kills Landfill at more than $1.8 billion. The final plan is to build public parkland, including natural areas, picnic grounds and viewing platforms, sports facilities and playing fields, restaurants and other commercial venues. DSNY is working with an inter-agency team that includes the Departments of Parks and Recreation, City Planning, and Cultural Affairs to ensure that this happens.