Sanitation Workers Move Mountains for the City's Recovery Slideshow

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Kathleen Horan

The Department of Sanitation has mobilized to help the city cleanup from Sandy.

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Sanitation employees Joseph O'Keefe and EdShevlin in DSNY's mobile command trailer in the Rockaways

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The current mission of the DSNY is removing debris piles outside storm affected homes.

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The temporary dump that's been erected to handle Sandy debris in the parking lot of Jacob Riis Park in Far Rockway, Queens

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The Western side of the temporary dump-- filled to cacacity in less that a week. Sanitation has now begun depositing debris on the Eastern edge.

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DSNY's Deputy Chief of Queens East Borough Jimmy McGovern. He was displaced by the storm and has been sleeping at the sanitation garage.

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One of the state park signs that appear out of place in the new dump.

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A marooned punching bag at the dump.

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Seagulls and some of the waste accumulated after the storm.

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Lines of sanitation trucks wait to dump their hauls. The makeshift dump has been operating 24/7.

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Safety is an issue in the post-storm clean up. Sanitation workers are encouraged to wear protective masks.