This guide assists senior citizens and those in the disability community in developing a personal emergency plan and offers tips on how to be prepared for any emergency.
All schools in New York City, public and private, are crucial to helping our city contribute zero waste to landfills by 2030 -- and all schools must meet DSNY guidelines for separating recyclables and setting out recycling and garbage for collection.
This guide is for any school receiving DSNY collection service. The goal is to make all schools Zero Waste Schools by taking best practices from the first 100 Zero Waste Schools, started in 2016.
This guide offers general tips for residents on how to prepare for a hurricane with a home survival kit and what to do and where to go if an evacuation order is issued.
NEW YORKERS ARE MORE THAN THEIR CREDIT SCORES. NYC passed the nation’s strongest ban on employment credit checks. Let’s grow New York businesses and workforces with fairness and equal opportunity for all.
List of reports,documents,studies or publications required by local law, Executive Order or mayoral directive, compiled and posted by the Municipal Library staff to comply with Local Law 29 of 2019.
"Five Things You Need to Know" - Lawful Source of Income Factsheet for Tenants. The NYC Commission on Human Rights protects you from lawful source of income discrimination in housing.
Brokers, real estate agents, and owners cannot treat current or prospective tenants differently or refuse to rent to them because they receive subsidies or vouchers. This FAQ factsheet will help brokers meet your obligations as a real estate agent.
2022 edition of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Gender Nonconforming Guide -- a comprehensive citywide directory of resources for LGBTQ+ communities.
2021 edition of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Guide to Services and Resources—the most
comprehensive directory of LGBTQ+ organizations and programs in New York City.
2019 edition of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Guide to Services and Resources—the most
comprehensive directory of LGBTQ+ organizations and programs in New York City.
2018 edition of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Guide to Services and Resources—a comprehensive directory of LGBTQ+ organizations and programs in New York City.
2016 edition of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Services Guide – the most comprehensive directory of LGBTQ resources and programs in New York City.
2014 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Services Guide – the most comprehensive directory of LGBTQ resources and programs in New York City. For members of the LGBTQ community,
KEY CHANGES TO THE COMMISSION’S RULES OF PRACTICE
As of September 6, 2019, new rules of practice go into effect governing the management, investigation, and litigation of cases at the Commission.
Describes FAQs about public charge and Trump administration's rule proposal. Details resources for legal services and calls for action on submitting a comment
If you work in NYC, you have rights regardless of immigration status, national origin, or country of origin.
In addition to the languages checked off, it's also available in Nepali, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Vietnamese, and Punjabi.
IDNYC Benefits Guide is a multilingual brochure that provides an overview of the key benefits associated with the IDNYC card in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Russian. Additional translations of the Benefits Guide can be found here https://www1.nyc.gov/site/idnyc/benefits/benefits.page.
Hotel Order #49 establishes the lease guidelines for rent stabilized Class A hotels, Class B hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses and SROs effective between Oct. 1, 2019 and Sept. 30, 2020.
A compilation of forty years of public art on display in NYC Parks including images and descriptions of public art displays in the Parks Department gallery.
Executive Order 16 requires all City agencies to ensure that City employees and members of the public have access to single-sex facilities consistent with their gender identity or expression without being required to show identification.
The Street Harassment Resource Guide, 'End Street Harassment,' is an accessible, practical, comprehensive document that contains important information for New Yorkers on how they can prevent and respond to street harassment.
Employers: What You Need to Know About Social Security Administration No-Match Letters. Taking an adverse action against an employee due to a discrepancy, such as putting an employee on leave or terminating employment, could violate the NYC Human Rights Law (NYCHRL).
This document provides information regarding new protections for tenants and individuals seeking housing who are victims/survivors of domestic violence, sex offenses, or stalking, with a specific focus on obligations of housing providers.
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.
This guide provides a summary of the rights and responsibilities, pertinent to residential properties and leases, of diplomatic tenants and their landlords in New York City. It also includes steps that can be taken to address violations, as well as relevant points of contact.
CRIMINAL RECORD? YOU CAN WORK WITH THAT. When employers consider qualifications first, more New Yorkers go to work. That makes businesses strong and powers our economy.
CRIMINAL RECORD? YOU CAN WORK WITH THAT. Criminal history can’t be part of the hiring process until after a job offer. That means you get a fair chance, and employers get to consider more candidates.
This guide is a resource for local stakeholders to start the process of merchant organizing and potentially form a formal merchants association to bring additional resources to commercial corridors in New York City.
This guide provides basic information to consider before you enter into a commercial lease in New York City. Topics include location selection, evaluating space needs, space construction, working with professionals, reviewing key lease terms, and limiting business and personal risk.
SBS developed this Comprehensive Guide to BID Formation and Expansion to outline the multi-year process to form a new BID and serve as a resource for those interested in expanding an existing BID.
The Guidelines provide step-by-step instructions on how to supplement historic climate data with specific, regional, forward looking climate change data in the design of City facilities.
The Mayor's Office of Information Privacy, lead by the Chief Privacy Officer, has released the city's first privacy protection protocols for the City of New York. This Policy sets forth the baseline requirements for City agencies relating to the protection of identifying information.
This guide includes charts which describe ICS organization, command element, agency core competencies, primary and supporting agencies by incident type, incident sequence and NYCEM's role.
Chart outlining incident command system organization chart, core competencies of City agencies and partners, incident sequence, and NYC emergency management roles. Version 1.
Chart outlining incident command system organization chart, core competencies of City agencies and partners, incident sequence, and NYC emergency management roles. Version 2 published 12/21/2017 - only changes made were to Commissioner name and color scheme.
In February 2021, the Chief Privacy Officer (“CPO”) released revised privacy protection policies and protocols for New York City (“CPO Policies”). The CPO, who heads Mayor’s Office of Information Privacy (“MOIP”), first issued the CPO Policies in January 2019.
On February 6, 2023, the Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) published revised citywide privacy protection policies and protocols for New York City. The CPO, who heads the Office of Information Privacy, published the previous version of the policies in February 2021.
Consumers may request at any time that a debt collector stop communicating with them permanently about a debt or alleged debt. If you are facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis, you can request that debt collection agencies stop contacting you temporarily about the debt.
This guide provides tips on how to stay healthy and cool during the summer months, conserve water and energy and identify and treat individuals with heat-related illnesses.
Apartment/ Loft Order #51 establishes the lease guidelines for rent stabilized apartments and lofts effective between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020.
The ABC's of Housing is HPD's guide to housing rules and regulations for owners and tenants.This booklet is designed to help owners and tenants gain an understanding of the rules and regulations affecting housing and provide you with information about where you can receive assistance.
The NYCEM Hurricane Evacuation Zone Map can be used to help New Yorkers find out if they live in an evacuation zone, to locate the nearest evacuation center and to learn what to do before a storm.
By law, NYC Votes must send a Voter Guide to every household with a registered voter in New York City for city elections. Based on census data, we send a guide in English and Spanish to every registered voter and in Chinese, Korean, and Bengali to voters in targeted areas.
The Voter Guide is produced by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) to help voters like you make informed choices at the polls. For every regularly scheduled city election, we create and mail a guide to every registered voter in New York City.
The Voter Guide is produced by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) to help voters like you make informed choices at the polls. For every regularly scheduled city election, we create and mail a guide to every registered voter in New York City.
Welcome to your 2019 NYC Voter Guide! This is your chance to make an impact on your community, neighborhood, and city. Read this Guide for information about your candidates, including candidates for New York City’s next public advocate, how to vote, and more.
Welcome to your 2019 NYC Voter Guide! This is your chance to make an impact on your community, neighborhood, and city. Read this Guide for information about your candidates, including candidates for New York City’s next public advocate, how to vote, and more.
Welcome to your 2019 NYC Voter Guide! This is your chance to make an impact on your community, neighborhood, and city. Read this Guide for information about your candidates, including candidates for New York City’s next public advocate, how to vote, and more.
Welcome to your 2019 NYC Voter Guide! This is your chance to make an impact on your community, neighborhood, and city. Read this Guide for information about your candidates, including candidates for New York City’s next public advocate, how to vote, and more.
Welcome to your 2019 NYC Voter Guide! This is your chance to make an impact on your community, neighborhood, and city. Read this Guide for information about your candidates, including candidates for New York City’s next public advocate, how to vote, and more.
Welcome to your 2019 NYC Voter Guide! This is your chance to make an impact on your community, neighborhood, and city. Read this Guide for information about your candidates, including candidates for New York City’s next public advocate, how to vote, and more.
Welcome to your 2019 NYC Voter Guide! This is your chance to make an impact on your community, neighborhood, and city. Read this Guide for information about your candidates, including candidates for New York City’s next public advocate, how to vote, and more.
Welcome to your 2019 NYC Voter Guide! This is your chance to make an impact on your community, neighborhood, and city. Read this Guide for information about your candidates, including candidates for New York City’s next public advocate, how to vote, and more.
Voting, especially in local elections, is one of the best ways for you to make a difference on the issues
you care about. The people we elect make decisions that affect our neighborhoods, schools, jobs, and
quality of life every day. This guide can help!
The Voter Guide is produced by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) to help city voters make informed choices at the polls. For every regularly scheduled city election, the CFB creates and mails a Guide to every registered city voter.
The Voter Guide is produced by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) to help city voters make informed choices at the polls. For every regularly scheduled city election, the CFB creates and mails a Guide to every registered city voter.