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	About DOT Who We Are

	The Department of Transportation has a staff of over 4,000 that oversees one of the most complex urban transportation networks in the world. Our staff manages approximately 5,800 miles of streets, sidewalks, and highways and 789 bridge structures, including six tunnels. DOT staff installs and maintains over 1.3 million street signs, traffic signals at more than 11,900 signalized intersections, over 300,000 streetlights, 69 million linear feet of markings, and approximately 63,000 parking meters. DOT promotes the use of sustainable modes of transportation. We design bicycle facilities, bus lanes, and public plazas. We operate the Staten Island Ferry, which serves over 20 million people annually, oversee ferry operations on City-owned piers, and administer a Citywide program advancing the use of alternative fuels. We educate students and adults Citywide about street safety. Our staff issues parking permits to people with disabilities, not-for-profit agencies and governmental entities, and commercial vehicle permits for trucks; issues construction permits for work in City streets; and manages the City's Adopt-a-Highway program. Learn more about other agencies that help keep New York City moving and the major professional organizations that NYC DOT is affiliated with. Use our Other Transportation Link menu on the left or visit our Partnering Agencies page. Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner Appointed April 27, 2007 Read the Commissioner's Biography Email the Commissioner Commissioner's Corner Public Information Office (212) 839-4850 Lori Ardito, First Deputy Commissioner (212) 839-6403 Jon Orcutt, Senior Policy Advisor (212) 839-6427 Margaret Newman, Chief of Staff (212) 839-6408 External Affairs (212) 839-6410 David Woloch, Deputy Commissioner Planning and Sustainability (212) 839-6662 Bruce Schaller, Deputy Commissioner Traffic Operations (718) 433-3370 Gerard Soffian, Acting Deputy Commissioner Roadway Maintenance (212) 839-9810 Galileo Orlando, Acting Deputy Commissioner Sidewalks and Inspection Management (212) 839-4300 Leon Heyward, Deputy Commissioner Bridges (212) 839-6300 Henry D. Perahia, Deputy Commissioner Staten Island Ferry (718) 876-5368 Captain James C. DeSimone, Chief Operations Officer Legal (212) 839-6503 Philip Damashek, General Counsel Human Resources and Facilities Management (212) 839-9490 Marlene Hochstadt, Deputy Commissioner IT & Telecom (212) 839-8163 Cordell Schachter, Chief Technology Officer Finance, Contracting, and Program Management (212) 839-6938 Joseph Jarrin, Deputy Commissioner Brooklyn Borough Commissioner (718) 222-7259 Joseph Palmieri Lower Manhattan Borough Commissioner (Manhattan south of Canal Street) (212) 839-7250 Luis Sanchez Manhattan Borough Commissioner (Manhattan north of Canal Street) (212) 839-6210 Margaret Forgione Bronx Borough Commissioner (212) 748-6680 Constance Moran Queens Borough Commissioner (718) 286-0826 Maura McCarthy Staten Island Borough Commissioner (718) 816-2373 Tom Cocola