§ 1-02 Term and Expiration Date of Licenses.

   (a)   The licenses and permits listed below expire on the dates indicated:

License	Date (years refer to calendar years)
Booting of Motor Vehicles	December 31 of Odd Years
Debt Collection Agency	January 31 of Odd Years
Electronic or Home Appliance Service Dealers	June 30 of Even Years
Electronic Stores	December 31 of Even Years
Employment Agency	May 1 of Even Years
Garage, Parking Lot	March 31 of Odd Years
Home Improvement Contractor	February 28 of Odd Years
Horse Drawn Cab	March 31 of Even Years
Horse Drawn Cab Driver	May 31 of Even Years
Laundry – Retail, Industrial, and Industrial Delivery	December 31 of Odd Years
Locksmith; Locksmith Apprentice	May 31 of Odd Years
Process Server	February 28 of Even Years
Products-for-the-Disabled Dealer	March 15 of Odd Years
Secondhand Dealer	July 31 of Odd Years
Sightseeing Bus	March 31 of Even Years
Sightseeing Guide	March 31 of Even Years
Stoop Line Stand	March 31 of Even Years
Storage Warehouse	April 1 of Odd Years
Towing Vehicles Company	April 30 of Even Years
Towing Vehicles Driver	October 31 of Even Years

 

   (b)   General vendor licenses are valid for two years. Such licenses shall expire September 30 of each year.

   (c)   Newsstand licenses are valid for a two year term and shall expire on either March 31 or September 30 and in either odd or even numbered years, depending on the date designated in the license document.

   (d)   Reserved.

   (e)   Reserved.

   (f)   Pedicab business licenses and pedicab driver licenses are valid for one year. Pedicab business licenses shall expire November 1 of each year and pedicab driver licenses shall expire April 30 of each year.

   (g)   Car wash licenses are valid for a two year term and shall expire October 31 of odd-numbered years.

   (h)   In all instances where the license expiration dates differ from those in existence prior to the effective date of this section, or amendments thereto, the License Issuance Division of the Department shall make appropriate adjustments.

(Amended City Record 9/26/2016, eff. 10/26/2016; amended City Record 2/24/2020, eff. 3/25/2020; amended City Record 12/1/2020, eff. 12/31/2020; amended City Record 2/22/2021, eff. 3/24/2021; amended City Record 3/11/2022, eff. 4/10/2022; amended City Record 10/9/2024, eff. 11/8/2024)

§ 1-03 Display of License Sign.

   (a)   Every licensee must post conspicuously at the licensee's place of business the license sign provided by the Department that includes the license information, instructions on contacting the Department to file a complaint, and other important information for consumers as the Department deems appropriate. A licensee may post a copy of such sign at the licensee's place of business only if the original is available at such place of business for inspection by any person. A licensee having no fixed place of business must exhibit his or her license upon the request of any person.

   (b)   Reserved.

(Amended City Record 2/24/2020, eff. 3/25/2020; amended City Record 10/9/2024, eff. 11/8/2024)

§ 1-04 Making False Representations and Altering or Falsifying Department Documents.

   (a)   No licensee or employee or agent of such licensee shall make a false representation to the Department or falsify or allow to be falsified any certificate, form, signed statement, application or report required to be filed with the Department.

   (b)   No licensee or employee or agent of such licensee shall forge, counterfeit, alter, fabricate, or falsely make any document issued by the Department or purported to be issued by the Department, including, but not limited to, Department licenses, permits, and letterhead.

   (c)   No licensee or employee or agent of such licensee shall use, attempt to use, possess, obtain, accept, receive, or provide to another any document prohibited by subdivision b of this section.

   (d)   The commissioner may deny any license application or refuse to renew any license, and may, after due notice and opportunity to be heard, suspend or revoke such license, if the applicant or person holding such license, or where applicable, any of its officers, principals, directors, members, managers, employees, or stockholders owning ten percent or more of the outstanding stock of the corporation, has been found to have violated subdivisions a, b, or c of this section in connection with the application or licensed business.

(Added City Record 2/24/2020, eff. 3/25/2020)

§ 1-05 License Number in Advertisements and Other Printed and Electronic Matter.

Any advertisement, letterhead, receipt, online media, website, electronic advertisement, or other printed or electronic matter of a licensee must contain the license number assigned to the licensee by the Department. If a licensee uses email to communicate with consumers, the licensee's email must contain the license number assigned to the licensee by the Department. The license number must be clearly identified as a New York City Department of Consumer Affairs license number and must be disclosed and disseminated in a lawful manner. Any telephone listing consisting solely of the name, address, and telephone number of the licensee need not specify the licensee's license number. Licensees holding licenses for more than one location must also include their respective license number(s) clearly identified as New York City Department of Consumer Affairs license number(s) on all correspondence and other matter which contains or makes reference to one or more of such licensees' licensed location(s).

(Amended City Record 2/24/2020, eff. 3/25/2020)

§ 1-06 Proof of Surety Bond.

No license or renewal shall be issued unless the licensee or applicant submits proof that every bond required by the Department for the license is in effect and does not expire prior to the end of the licensing period. Except where otherwise provided, all such bonds must allow any person aggrieved by the bondholder's breach of the conditions of the bond to proceed against the bond.

(Amended City Record 7/26/2018, eff. 8/25/2018)

§ 1-07 Liability Insurance.

Every licensee required to have liability insurance must obtain a liability insurance policy that obligates the insurer to notify the License Issuance Division of the Department if the policy is canceled or if the insured fails to renew 30 days prior to the expiration of the policy.