In-Person Licensing and Collections Services Available By Appointment Only. For all other DCWP services, use online services at nyc.gov/dcwp or email the Division listed on the flyer.
COVID-19 has been a challenging time for owners as well as tenants. Here, we summarize resources to help you access rent payments, loans, foreclosure protections, and individualized assistance.
Mailers informing NYC residents in Queens and Brooklyn that bulk refuse items should be placed curbside on trash-only collection days (not recycling days).
Protections Against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression: 5 Things You Should Know About Protections Based on Actual or Perceived LGBTQ Status
DCA created this overview to help paid care workers know about important rights and resources. The brochure in this language has not yet been updated and is intended to be used with the Important Updates for Workers palmcard for updates to NYC’s Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law and Minimum Wage.
DCWP is accepting in-person visits from customers with appointments only at our Manhattan and Queens locations. You must schedule an appointment to meet with a DCWP representative. For health and safety reasons, DCWP cannot serve walk-ins.
A flyer to warn businesses that price gouging for any personal or household good
or any service that is needed to prevent or limit the spread of or treat the new coronavirus
(COVID-19) is illegal.
Fair Chance Act makes it illegal for most employers in NYC to ask about criminal record of job aplicants in ads, on applications, or in interviews-before making an offer.
All New Yorkers deserve to have equal access to housing, employment, and public places. Our factsheets give a snapshot of rights and responsibilities under the NYC Human Rights Law.
Due to a change to the Child Tax Credit, families can get half of the fully refundable credit—worth up to $3,600 per child—as advance monthly payments in 2021 and the other half as a refund in 2022.
To help families during COVID, the U.S. government made changes to the Child Tax Credit. Families can get half of the fully refundable credit—worth up to $3,600 per child—as monthly payments in 2021 and the other half as a refund in 2022.
As of Sept 5, 2023, chain businesses that place trash out for collection must use lidded containers. Lock up the trash to keep rats away. This applies to any business with five or more NYC locations, regardless of what is sold. This follows earlier regulations for food-related businesses.