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The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) is a department of the New York City government tasked with recruiting, hiring, and training City employees, managing 55 public buildings, acquiring, selling, and leasing City property, purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies, overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country, and ...
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.
Unlike the rest of New York, New York City counties do not have a typical County Court. Each statewide court is located in each of New York City's five counties (boroughs). There are also numerous extrajudicial administrative courts such as OATH, which are executive agencies and not part of the state Unified Court System.
The Department of Buildings cannot revoke a professional's license to practice Architecture or Engineering, as that is controlled by the New York State Office of the Professions. However, since 2007 the State has allowed the DOB to refuse to accept plans filed by individuals who have been found to abuse the Self Certification process (or other ...
New York City Department of Design and Construction is the department of the government of New York City [2] that builds many of the civic facilities in New York City.As the city’s primary capital construction project manager, it provides new or renovated facilities such as firehouses, libraries, police precincts, courthouses and manage the city's sewer systems, bioswales and water mains.
The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is the department of the New York City government that enforces the city's building codes and zoning regulations, issues building permits, licenses, registers and disciplines certain construction trades, responds to structural emergencies and inspects over 1,000,000 new and existing buildings.
In 1998, the first phase of welfare reform was implemented in New York City under HRA Commissioner Jason Turner. The Agency's Income Support Centers were converted to Job Centers. Since the implementation of reforms in New York City, the Cash Assistance Caseload has declined to its lowest level since 1964, while enrollment in work support ...
By 1788, the Treasurer of the City prepared the budget, and in 1830 this duty fell to the Comptroller. [3] In 1853, a Board of Commissioners was established comprising the Mayor, the Comptroller and the Presidents of the Board of Alderman and the Board of Assistants, to pass on the appropriations of the Alms House Department and the Board of Education before such appropriations should be ...