Jan 17 2009
The Garbage Broker: Norman Steisel Deputy Mayor
From 1990-1994, Norman Steisel Deputy Mayor was the First Deputy Mayor of the City of New York. He controlled the management and operation systems as well as the city’s sewage sludge program. In 1992, Norman Steisel Deputy Mayor suggested that the city’s landfill waste be put into eight incinerators to help with the garbage crisis.
While this idea seemed logical and also united the residents of the city, the process would still result in waste (incinerator by-product, which would have to be labeled as hazardous waste). Eventually the project took on another life that didn’t involve incineration. Later from 1994 to 2003, Norman Steisel Deputy Mayor became President and founder of EnEssCo Strategies, Inc., a consulting company that is currently looking into eco-friendly projects.
