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 a department of the government of New York City.^[1]

New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

Department overview
Formed	April 29, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-04-29)
Preceding department	Department of Markets
Jurisdiction	New York City
Headquarters	42 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Motto	To protect and enhance the daily economic lives of New Yorkers to create thriving communities.
Employees	457 (FY 2024)
Annual budget	$67.7 million (FY 2024)
Department executive	Vilda Vera Mayuga, Commissioner, Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)
Key document	New York City Charter
Website	nyc.gov/dcwp

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 to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, expanding its role to protect workplace safety, paid sick leave laws, and freelancer protection.^[4]

Commissioners

Commissioner	Mayor	Took office	Left office	Notes
Bess Myerson	John Lindsay	1969	1973	was the first commissioner of the DCA-named agency.
Elinor Guggenheimer[5]	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	Rudy Giuliani	1994	1995
Jules Polonetsky		1998	2000
Jane Steiner Hoffman		2000	2002
Jonathan Mintz[6]	Michael Bloomberg	2006	2013
Julie Menin[7]	Bill de Blasio	2014	2016
Lorelei Salas[8]		2016	2020	was the first commissioner of the agency as DCWP.[4]
Peter Hatch[9]		2021	2022
Vilda Vera Mayuga[10]	Eric Adams	2022

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

1. New York City Charter § 2201; "There shall be a department of consumer affairs, the head of which shall be the commissioner of consumer affairs."
2. McDonald, William (January 5, 2015). "Bess Myerson, New Yorker of Beauty, Wit, Service and Scandal, Dies at 90". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
3. Murphy, William (January 5, 2015). "Bess Myerson, first Jewish Miss America, television star and NYC's first consumer affairs commissioner, dies at 90". Newsday. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
4. Klein, Frankfurt Kurnit; Greenbaum, Selz PC-Jeff (April 4, 2019). "NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Changes Name and Expands Mission | Lexology". www.lexology.com.
5. Ranzal, Edward (October 7, 1976). "Police Challenged on Peddler's Law". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
6. "Center for NYC Neighborhoods". Retrieved October 12, 2015.
7. "Mayor de Blasio Appoints Julie Menin as Commissioner of Department of Consumer Affairs" (Press release). New York City Mayor's Office. April 24, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
8. "Mayor de Blasio Appoints Lorelei Salas as Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs" (Press release). New York City Mayor's Office. May 20, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
9. "Mayor de Blasio Appoints Peter Hatch as Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection" (Press release). New York City Mayor's Office. September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
10. "Mayor Adams Announces Additional Economic Development Appointments" (Press release). New York City Mayor's Office. February 7, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.

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