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Business Integrity Commission
BIC
Commission overview
FormedAugust 19, 2002 (2002-08-19)
TypeRegulatory/Law Enforcement
JurisdictionNew York City
Employees85 (2020)[1]
Commission executive
Key documents
Websitewww.nyc.gov/bic

The Business Integrity Commission (BIC) is the agency of the New York City government responsible for regulating the private carting industry, public wholesale markets businesses, and the shipboard gambling industry.[2] Its purpose is to combat corruption in these industries from organized crime, and was created from the 2001 Organized Crime Control Commission, itself created from the 1996 Trade Waste Commission, the Markets Division in the Small Business Services Department, and the Gambling Commission.[3]

It consists of a chairperson appointed by the mayor and of the commissioners of the Police Department, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, the Department of Investigation, the Department of Small Business Services and the Department of Sanitation, or their designees.[4]

Inspectors and Investigators

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The inspectors and investigators of the New York City Business Integrity Commission are designated as peace officers by the chairperson of such commission; pursuant to section 210(82) of the NYS criminal procedure law. As Peace Officers (Inspectors and investigators) they are tasked with conducting investigations of accidents involving private carting trucks, criminal complaints and also affect arrest of violators of New York State Penal Law, and issue civil and criminal summonses. They also perform enforcement of the rules and regulations governing the private carting industry and or the city owned public wholesale markets in New York City. These inspectors and investigators also conduct other special investigations. These may include joint investigations with the NYPD against businesses.[5]

See also

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Commissioners & Chairs

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Commissioner Mayor Took office Left office Notes
Dan Brownell[6] Bill de Blasio 2014 2019
Noah Genel[7] Bill de Blasio 2019 2021
Elizabeth Crotty[8] Eric Adams 2022

Michael J Mansfield - mayor Michael Bloomberg 2007-2011

References

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  1. ^ "Fiscal Year 2020 New York City Government Workforce Profile Report". New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services. Retrieved February 13, 2023 – via shinyapp.io.
  2. ^ "About BIC". Business Integrity Commission. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. ^ "History". Business Integrity Commission. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. ^ New York City Charter § 2100
  5. ^ "NYC investigators raid Brooklyn offices of heating oil giant in fraud probe". New York Daily News. 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Mayor de Blasio Appoints New Chair of The Business Integrity Commission". The official website of the City of New York. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  7. ^ "Mayor de Blasio Appoints Noah Genel as Commissioner and Chair of the Business Integrity Commission". The official website of the City of New York. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  8. ^ "Mayor Adams Appoints Elizabeth Crotty as Business Integrity Commission Commissioner and Chair". The official website of the City of New York. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
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