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Q&A

Sanchez asks who licenses contractors for small homes

New York City Council · Oct 21, 2026 · starts 2:08:25 · 16 sec

Sanchez asks who is licensed by DCWP; Tigani clarifies that contractors on one-to-three-family home improvements are licensed through DCWP's consumer worker protection division, adding another layer of licensing oversight at that level.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Who is licensed by DCWP?

Ahmed Tigani

Contractors on one to three family homes.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

So general contractors are licensed by DCWP?

Ahmed Tigani

Home improvements.

Ahmed Tigani

I think the term is home.

Ahmed Tigani

Yes, home.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

It was today years old.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Okay.

Ahmed Tigani

Yeah.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

All right.