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He ran New York City’s Sanitation Department, the world’s largest, longer than anyone else, disposing of three million tons of garbage a year and coping with snowstorms and hurricanes.
He Always Wanted to Be a âGarbageman.â Now Heâs the Commissioner. Edward Grayson just led New York Cityâs Sanitation Department in clearing snow from 6,300 miles of streets: no small feat during a pandemic. Edward Grayson became the acting commissioner of New York Cityâs Department of Sanitation in September. âIâm a rank-and-file guy who made good,â he said.Credit...New York City Department of Sanitation, via Flickr Dec. 19, 2020 When a teacher asked a classroom of third graders what they wanted to be when they grew up, boys shouted out professions like...