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]

Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
Department overview
JurisdictionNew York City
Headquarters42 Broadway,
New York City, New York
MottoTo protect and enhance the daily economic lives of New Yorkers to create thriving communities.
Department executive
  • Lorelei Salas, Commissioner of Consumer Affairs
Key document
Websitewww.nyc.gov/dca

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

See also

References
  1. 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."
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Klein, Frankfurt Kurnit; Greenbaum, Selz PC-Jeff. "NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Changes Name and Expands Mission | Lexology". www.lexology.com.
  5. "Bruce Ratner". Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. 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.
  7. "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
  8. "Center for NYC Neighborhoods". Retrieved October 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  9. "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.
  10. "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.


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