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. 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.
It consists of a chairman 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.New York City Charter § 2100
Inspectors and Investigators
The inspectors and investigators of the New York City Business Integrity Commission are designated as peace officers by the chairman 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.
The inspectors are unarmed in the performance of their duties.
See also New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), for hearings conducted on summonses for quality of life violations issued by the Commission New York State Gaming Commission
Commissioners & Chairs CommissionerMayorTook officeLeft officeNotesDan BrownellBill de Blasio20142019Noah GenelBill de Blasio20192021Elizabeth CrottyEric Adams20222026Asim RehmanZohran Mamdani2026
References
External links
Business Integrity Commission in the Rules of the City of New York CityAdmin, a collection of NYC administrative decisions from the Center for New York City Law