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Mayor de Blasio Appoints Noah Genel as Commissioner and Chair of the Business Integrity Commission

April 25, 2019

NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the appointment of Noah D. Genel as Commissioner and Chair of the Business Integrity Commission.

Genel is an experienced former prosecutor and has spent the last four years at BIC, most recently as Acting Commissioner and General Counsel for the Commission. He will draw on his two decades in the field to lead the agency’s efforts to eliminate organized crime and various forms of corruption in the trade waste industry and New York City’s public wholesale markets.

Genel will also continue advancing BIC’s initiatives to improve pedestrian and worker safety in the trade waste industry, including joint traffic enforcement operations with the NYPD, registering trade waste unions with BIC, and working with DSNY and the City Council to enact Commercial Waste Zones later this year.

“Noah Genel is a dedicated public servant with a proven track record of fighting organized crime and corruption. As Commissioner, he will ensure the trade waste industry is fair, workers are protected, and our streets are safe,” said Mayor de Blasio.

“It is my honor to serve the City of New York as the Commissioner and Chair of BIC.  BIC will continue to actively enforce its rules and regulations, working to keep the trade waste industry and public wholesale markets free of corruption. We will also pursue companies in the trade waste industry that are operating unsafely, keeping our city’s streets safe for everyone as part of the Mayor’s Vision Zero plan,” said Commissioner and Chair Noah D. Genel.

“Noah Genel is an excellent choice to lead BIC in its critical mission regulating the private carting industry” said Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Chair of the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management. “BIC oversees an industry that is rife with unsafe labor practices, mistreatment of workers, and poor environmental practices. At a time when we are moving toward comprehensive reform of the commercial sanitation system, it is more important than ever that we have a seasoned hand leading BIC. I want to congratulate Commissioner Genel and I look forward to working closely with him in the coming months.”

About Noah D. Genel:

Noah D. Genel is an experienced prosecutor and has served at BIC for the past four years, most recently as Acting Commissioner.  As First Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, Genel represented the Commission in all dealings relating to administration, policy and programs.

Before joining the Commission, Genel was an Assistant District Attorney and Senior Investigative Counsel at the New York County District Attorney's Office (DANY), serving under both the Hon. Robert M. Morgenthau and the Hon. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.  Over his eight-and-a-half years at DANY, Genel worked in the Special Prosecutions Bureau and the Rackets Bureau, investigating and prosecuting a wide array of criminal cases, including cases involving organized crime, homicide, terrorism, public corruption, fraud and other criminal financial schemes. Prior to joining DANY, Genel was in private practice at the firm now known as Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Anello, PC and at Schultze, Roth & Zabel LLP. 

Genel received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and his B.A. from Union College. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.

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