New York City Business Integrity Commission

The Business Integrity Commission (BIC) is the agency of the New York City government responsible for regulating the private carting industry, public wholesale markets businesses, and the shipboard gambling industry.[1] Its purpose is to combat corruption in these industries from organized crime, and was created from the 2001 Organized Crime Control Commission, itself created from the 1996 Trade Waste Commission, the Markets Division in the Small Business Services Department, and the Gambling Commission.[2]

Business Integrity Commission
BIC
Commission overview
FormedAugust 19, 2002 (2002-08-19)
TypeRegulatory/Law Enforcement
JurisdictionNew York City
Commission executive
  • Noah D. Genel, Commissioner and Chair
Key documents
Websitewww.nyc.gov/bic

It consists of a chairperson appointed by the mayor and of the commissioners of the Police Department, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, the Department of Investigation, the Department of Small Business Services and the Department of Sanitation, or their designees.[3]

Inspectors

The Business Integrity Commission (BIC) has a number of Inspectors (with police type powers),[4] who carry out the duties required of the BIC. These may include joint investigations with the NYPD against businesses.[5]

The Inspectors have marked police vehicles with flashing lights and the BIC crest.[6]

See also

References
  1. "About BIC". Business Integrity Commission. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. "History". Business Integrity Commission. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. New York City Charter ยง 2100
  4. http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.3197023.1495767226!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_1200/fraud26n-11-web.jpg
  5. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/nyc-investigators-raid-offices-heating-oil-big-fraud-probe-article-1.3197028
  6. https://www.flickriver.com/photos/39772828@N03/4316301875/
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