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Department of General Services 

Message from the Commissioner

I am very honored to have been recently appointed Commissioner of the Department of General Services (DGS), the City’s second largest workforce. In my 4-½ years as Deputy Commissioner I have had the privilege of working closely with the 265 dedicated and hard-working men and women of the department many of whom are members of the Blue Collar Union Local #1961, Operating Engineers Local #106 and Teamster’s Local 294.

DGS is responsible for providing a variety of services to the residents of the City of Albany among these are trash & recycling collection, sidewalk replacement, roadwork repair, illegal trash enforcement and forestry. We are committed to delivering these services with the utmost professionalism and highest quality.  To achieve this we continue to implement new training programs, policies and procedures that make the department more responsive and more accessible to the residents of the city.