New York City Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty, a holdover from the Bloomberg administration, announced Friday that he is resigning from the position effective March 28. NY1′s Courtney Gross filed the following report.
On Friday, John Doherty officially called it quits.
A spokesman says that the city’s longest-serving sanitation commissioner had agreed to stay on through the winter. Now, the 75-year-old says it’s time move on.
In a statement, Mayor Bill de Blasio lauded the commissioner, saying, “I extend my deepest gratitude to Commissioner Doherty – on behalf of all New Yorkers – for his decades of service at the Department of Sanitation… He has always delivered for New Yorkers – when they needed it the most.”
Maybe not delivered. More like picked up.
“Yes, I started out behind that wagon sweeping the streets, picking up garbage,” Doherty said back in 1994.
It was times like this when Doherty got his start, sweeping the streets in the 1960s. He became one of the only commissioners to rise all the way through the ranks, taking the driver’s seat first in 1994 for Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and then again in 2002 for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, leading New York’s strongest for terms one, two and three.
While he was cheered for the cleanup after Hurricane Sandy, it’s not like Doherty’s record was entirely untarnished. He had his fair share of criticism piled on, from the 2010 blizzard, when streets went unplowed for days, to, more recently, on the Upper East Side, where traffic snarled during a rush hour snowstorm.
Even with the highs and lows, Doherty is leaving a long legacy behind. His last day will be March 28. De Blasio said that he will appoint a replacement within days.
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