The First Deputy Commissioner directs the operations of the Department of Sanitation, including the daily cleaning, refuse and recycling collection operations and waste disposal operations, enforcement activities, and recycling and waste prevention programs.

First Deputy Commissioner - Bernard Sullivan 

• Special Counsel to First Deputy Commissioner - E. Reis
• Special Assistant to First Deputy Commissioner 
• Director, Cleaning and Collection
  • Manhattan 
  • Bronx 
  • Brooklyn North 
  • Brooklyn South 
  • Queens West 
  • Queens East 
  • Staten Island
• Director, Waste Disposal 
• Assistant Chief, Personnel Management 
• Assistant Chief, Safety & Training