New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), formerly the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), is an agency of the Government of New York City.[1]
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| Jurisdiction | New York City |
| Headquarters | 42 Broadway, New York City, New York |
| Motto | To protect and enhance the daily economic lives of New Yorkers to create thriving communities. |
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| Website | www |
History
The duties were performed by the Commissioner of Public Markets until 1968. Bess Myerson was appointed by mayor John Lindsay as the first commissioner of the Department for Consumer Affairs in 1969.[2][3]
In 2019, the agency changed its name again, to Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, expanding its role to protect workplace safety, paid sick leave laws, and freelancer protection.[4]
Commissioners
- Gerard Maxwell Weisberg was the last Commissioner of Public Markets from 1966 to 1968.
- Bess Myerson was appointed by John V. Lindsay from 1969 to 1973 as the first commissioner of the DCA-named agency.[2]
- Bruce Ratner was appointed by Ed Koch in 1978 and stayed in office for four years.[5]
- Mark J. Green was appointed by David N. Dinkins and served from 1990 to 1993.[6]
- Alfred C. Cerullo III was appointed by Rudolph W. Giuliani and served until 1995.[7]
- Jules Polonetsky by Giuliani from 1998 to 2000.
- Jane Steiner Hoffman was appointed by Giuliani and served from 2000 to 2002.
- Jonathan Mintz was appointed by Michael Bloomberg and served from 2006 to 2013.[8]
- Julie Menin appointed by Bill de Blasio in 2014 and served until 2016.[9]
- Lorelei Salas appointed by de Blasio in 2016,[10] and the first commissioner of the agency as DWCP.[4]
See also
- New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), for hearings conducted on certain summonses issued by the Department
- New York City Public Advocate
References
- New York City Charter ยง 2201; "There shall be a department of consumer affairs, the head of which shall be the commissioner of consumer affairs."
- William McDonald (reporter) (5 January 2015). "Bess Myerson, New Yorker of Beauty, Wit, Service and Scandal, Dies at 90". The New York Times. New York City, New York: NYTC. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- Murphy, William (5 January 2015). "Bess Myerson, first Jewish Miss America, television star and NYC's first consumer affairs commissioner, dies at 90". Newsday. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- Klein, Frankfurt Kurnit; Greenbaum, Selz PC-Jeff. "NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Changes Name and Expands Mission | Lexology". www.lexology.com.
- "Bruce Ratner". Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- James C. McKinley Jr. (April 16, 1993). "Green Reconsiders Leave And Resigns Consumer Post". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
Two days after he said he would take a leave of absence from his post as Consumer Affairs Commissioner to run for New York City Council President, Mark Green yesterday changed his mind and resigned from his post.
- "Finance Chief Is Appointed By Giuliani". New York Times. December 3, 1995. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani named the city's Commissioner of Consumer Affairs, Alfred C. Cerullo 3d, to be Commissioner of the New York City Department of Finance yesterday
- "Center for NYC Neighborhoods". Retrieved October 2015. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - "Mayor de Blasio Appoints Julie Menin as Commissioner of Department of Consumer Affairs". The official website of the City of New York. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- "Mayor de Blasio Appoints Lorelei Salas as Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs". The official website of the City of New York. 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
External links
- Official website
- Department of Consumer and Worker Protection in the Rules of the City of New York
- CityAdmin, a collection of NYC administrative decisions from the Center for New York City Law
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