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New York City Department Agencies 2025
The Department for the Aging (DFTA) provides support and information for older people (those over 60).
The Department of Buildings (DOB) enforces building codes and zoning regulations, issues building permits, and inspects new and existing buildings.
The Business Integrity Commission (BIC) regulates the private carting industry, businesses operating in the City's public wholesale markets, and the shipboard gambling industry.
The Administration for Children's Services (ACS) protects and promotes safety and well-being of New York City's children and families by providing child welfare, juvenile justice, and early care and education services.
The Department of City Planning (DCP) sets the framework of city's physical and socioeconomic planning.
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) supports City agencies' workforce needs in recruiting, hiring and training City employees; provides overall facilities management for 55 public buildings; purchases, sells and leases real property; purchases, inspects and distributes supplies and equipment; establishes, audits and pays utility accounts that serve more than 4,000 buildings; and implements energy conservation programs throughout City facilities.[1]
The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), formerly the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) enforces consumer protection laws, licenses businesses, deals with consumer complaints, participates in consumer education, as well as workplace safety, paid sick leave enforcement, and freelancer protection.
The Department of Correction (DOC, NYCD) is responsible for New York City's inmates, housing the majority of them on Rikers Island.
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) supports New York City's cultural life, such as ensuring adequate public funding for non-profit cultural organizations.
The Department of Design & Construction (DDC) builds many of the civic facilities in New York City, and as the city's primary capital construction project manager, provides new or renovated facilities such as firehouses, libraries, police precincts, courthouses and senior centers.
The Department of Education (DOE) manages the city's public school system and is governed by the New York City Board of Education.
The New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) department is responsible for oversight and development of the City's emergency management plans.
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) manages the city's water supply.
The Department of Finance (DOF) is the revenue service, taxation agency and recorder of deeds.
The Sheriff's Office (Sheriff) is the primary civil law enforcement agency of New York City and the enforcement division of the New York City Department of Finance.
The Fire Department (FDNY) provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services.
The Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is responsible for public health along with issuing birth certificates, dog licenses, and conducting restaurant inspection and enforcement.
The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) provides services to the homeless.
The Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) is the mayoral agency responsible for developing and maintaining the city's stock of affordable housing.
The Human Resources Administration (Department of Social Services; HRA/DSS) is the mayoral agency in charge of the majority of the city's social services programs.
The Department of Investigation (DOI) is a law enforcement agency that serves as an independent and nonpartisan watchdog for New York City government.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law.
The Law Department (Law) is responsible for most of the city's legal affairs.
The Department of Parks & Recreation (Parks) is responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city's natural areas, and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents and visitors.
The Police Department (NYPD) has the primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigations throughout New York City.
The Department of Probation (DOP) provides supervision for adults and juveniles placed on probation by judges in the Supreme, Criminal, and Family courts.
The Department of Records & Information Services (DoRIS) organizes and stores records and information from the City Hall Library and Municipal Archives.
The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) is responsible for garbage collection, recycling collection, street cleaning, and snow removal.
The Department of Small Business Services (SBS) makes it easier for businesses in New York City to start, operate, and grow by providing free services to business owners, strengthening neighborhoods and commercial districts, and linking employers to a skilled and qualified workforce.
The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) oversees the city's use of existing and emerging technologies in government operations, and its delivery of services to the public.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for the management of much of the city's transportation infrastructure.
The Department of Veterans' Services (DVS)
The Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) supports youth and their families through a range of youth and community development programs, and administers city, state and federal funds to community-based organizations.
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York (OCME) investigates cases of persons who die when in apparent good health or unattended by a physician, such as from criminal violence, suicide, or in any suspicious or unusual manner.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City's financial agency, which assembles and oversees the expense and capital budgets for the city.
The Mayor's Community Affairs Unit (CAU)
The Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS)[3]
The Mayor's Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes (OPHC)[4]
The Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ)[5]
The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) coordinates municipal support for film and television production, including approving film shoots and liaising with government agencies and promoting the industry.
The Mayor's Office For People with Disabilities (MOPD) is a liaison to the NYC disability community on behalf of the NYC Mayor's Office. In conjunction with all other city agencies and offices, assess and coordinate city policies relating to all people with disabilities.
NYC Media is the radio, television, and online media network of New York City.
The New York City Office of Workforce Development (WKDEV) coordinates workforce development with economic development.
The New York City Workforce Development Board (WDB) oversees Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act activities, and is the local board counterpart to the New York State Workforce Investment Board.
The Tweed Courthouse, headquarters of the Department of Education
The Mayor's Office of Ethnic and Community Media (MOECM) focuses on the diverse array of media outlets serving New York City, and oversees and supports city agency marketing.