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New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

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| formed = {{Start date and age|1969|4|29}}

| preceding1 = Department of Markets

| jurisdiction = New York City

| headquarters = 42 Broadway,
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.

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| motto = To protect and enhance the daily economic lives of New Yorkers to create thriving communities.

| employees = 457 (FY 2024)

| budget = $67.7 million (FY 2024)

| chief1_name = Vilda Vera Mayuga

| chief1_position = Commissioner, Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)

| keydocument1 = New York City Charter

| website = {{URL|https://nyc.gov/dcwp}}

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The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), formerly the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), is a department of the government of New York City.New York City Charter § 2201; "There shall be a department of consumer affairs, the head of which shall be the commissioner of consumer affairs."

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.{{cite news |author=McDonald |first=William |author-link=Bill McDonald (American journalist) |date=January 5, 2015 |title=Bess Myerson, New Yorker of Beauty, Wit, Service and Scandal, Dies at 90 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/nyregion/bess-myerson-miss-america-and-new-york-official-tarnished-in-scandal-dies.html |access-date=January 6, 2015 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web |url= http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/bess-myerson-first-jewish-miss-america-television-star-and-nyc-s-first-consumer-affairs-commissioner-dies-at-90-1.9776254 |title=Bess Myerson, first Jewish Miss America, television star and NYC's first consumer affairs commissioner, dies at 90 |first=William |last=Murphy |work=Newsday |date=January 5, 2015 |access-date=January 6, 2015}}

In 2019, the agency changed its name to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, expanding its role to protect workplace safety, paid sick leave laws, and freelancer protection.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e78504e4-fbce-46ac-b73b-f43223cd6856|title=NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Changes Name and Expands Mission | Lexology|first1=Frankfurt Kurnit|last1=Klein|first2=Selz PC-Jeff|last2=Greenbaum|website=www.lexology.com|date=April 4, 2019 }}

Commissioners

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! Commissioner

! Mayor

! Took office

! Left office

! Notes

Bess Myerson

| John Lindsay

| 1969

| 1973

| was the first commissioner of the DCA-named agency.

Elinor Guggenheimer{{cite news |last1=Ranzal |first1=Edward |date=October 7, 1976 |title=Police Challenged on Peddler's Law |work=The New York Times |publisher= |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/07/archives/police-challenged-on-peddlers-law-councilmen-doubt-new-curbs-can-be.html |access-date=March 21, 2022}}

| Abraham Beame

|

|

|

Bruce Ratner

| Ed Koch

| 1978

| 1982

|

Angelo Aponte

| Edward Koch

| 1983

| 1989

| Served as Commissioner of Department of Housing & Community Renewal under Mario Cuomo

Mark Green

| David Dinkins

| 1990

| 1993

|

Alfred C. Cerullo III

| rowspan=3 | Rudy Giuliani

| 1994

| 1995

|

Jules Polonetsky

| 1998

| 2000

|

Jane Steiner Hoffman

| 2000

| 2002

|

Jonathan Mintz{{cite web|title=Center for NYC Neighborhoods|url=http://cnycn.org/about/board/|access-date=October 12, 2015}}

| Michael Bloomberg

| 2006

| 2013

|

Julie Menin{{Cite press release|date=2017-04-24 |title=Mayor de Blasio Appoints Julie Menin as Commissioner of Department of Consumer Affairs |publisher=New York City Mayor's Office |url=https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/174-14/mayor-de-blasio-appoints-julie-menin-commissioner-department-consumer-affairs#/0|access-date=2017-05-08}}

| rowspan=3 | Bill de Blasio

| 2014

| 2016

|

Lorelei Salas{{Cite press release |date=May 20, 2017 |title=Mayor de Blasio Appoints Lorelei Salas as Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs |publisher=New York City Mayor's Office |url=https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/474-16/mayor-de-blasio-appoints-lorelei-salas-commissioner-the-department-consumer-affairs |access-date=May 8, 2017}}

| 2016

| 2020

| was the first commissioner of the agency as DCWP.

Peter Hatch{{Cite press release |date=September 8, 2021 |title=Mayor de Blasio Appoints Peter Hatch as Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection |url=https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/603-21/mayor-de-blasio-appoints-peter-hatch-commissioner-the-department-consumer-worker |access-date=September 27, 2021 |publisher=New York City Mayor's Office}}

| 2021

| 2022

|

Vilda Vera Mayuga{{Cite press release |date=February 7, 2022 |title=Mayor Adams Announces Additional Economic Development Appointments |url=https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/065-22/mayor-adams-additional-economic-development-appointments |access-date=March 8, 2022 |publisher=New York City Mayor's Office}}

| Eric Adams

| 2022

|

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See also

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://nyc.gov/dcwp}}
  • [http://rules.cityofnewyork.us/codified-rules?agency=DCA Department of Consumer and Worker Protection] in the Rules of the City of New York
  • [http://www.nyls.edu/cityadmin/ CityAdmin], a collection of NYC administrative decisions from the Center for New York City Law

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