John "Pa" Vincent Doherty, age 83, of Plymouth, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2023, at his residence. He was born on February 20, 1940, in Boston. John was the son of the late Vincent and Helen ...

True to form, the famously hardworking John Doherty put in a full day on his last shift at Sanitation’s Lower Manhattan headquarters, starting at 7 a.m. But it wasn’t just a day like all others.

John J. Doherty, who began working as a New York City garbageman in 1960 — when trash was still called garbage and was collected only by men — served 54 years with the Sanitation Department ...

“New York’s Strongest mourn the loss of former Commissioner John Doherty, a hometown hero who led our department from 1994-1998 and from 2002-2014,” the DSNY wrote on Twitter.