New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, formerly the Department of Consumer Affairs, is an agency of the Government of New York City.History
The duties were performed by the Commissioner of Public Markets until 1968. Bess Myerson was appointed by mayor John Lindsay as the first commissioner of the Department for Consumer Affairs in 1969.
In 2019, the agency changed its name again, to Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, expanding its role to protect workplace safety, paid sick leave laws, and freelancer protection.Commissioners
- Gerard Maxwell Weisberg was the last Commissioner of Public Markets from 1966 to 1968.
- Bess Myerson was appointed by John V. Lindsay from 1969 to 1973 as the first commissioner of the DCA-named agency.
- Bruce Ratner was appointed by Ed Koch in 1978 and stayed in office for four years.
- Mark J. Green was appointed by David N. Dinkins and served from 1990 to 1993.
- Alfred C. Cerullo III was appointed by Rudolph W. Giuliani and served until 1995.
- Jules Polonetsky by Giuliani from 1998 to 2000.
- Jane Steiner Hoffman was appointed by Giuliani and served from 2000 to 2002.
- Jonathan Mintz was appointed by Michael Bloomberg and served from 2006 to 2013.
- Julie Menin appointed by Bill de Blasio in 2014 and served until 2016.
- Lorelei Salas appointed by de Blasio in 2016, and the first commissioner of the agency as DWCP.
