NYC Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Location Inspections and Violations

A legacy dataset from the NYC Department of Sanitation records inspections of permitted, privately operated waste disposal locations. It includes inspection IDs, dates, and counts of violations and warnings. The dataset is based on a system that is no longer maintained by DSNY.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in waste facility compliance over time based on inspection dates and violation counts.
• Identifying facilities with frequent warnings or violations based on the recorded counts.
• Correlating historical inspection data with current 311 service requests for transfer station complaints.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY).
• Provides structured inspection records including unique IDs, dates, and violation/warning counts.

Limitations

• Dataset is explicitly marked as 'No Longer Maintained' by DSNY.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY)

Collection Method

Likely collected from a legacy inspection tracking system.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:59:01.484527; freshness should be verified as the source system is legacy.

Geography

New York City, likely focusing on permitted, privately operated municipal solid waste disposal locations.