New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

💸 In NYC, it is ILLEGAL for hotels to charge more than the advertised price!

✖️ You cannot be charged for junk fees like “destination” or “resort” fees.

📱 Learn more of your rights when visiting NYC at nyc.gov/Consumers

It’s getting hot out, New Yorkers. Did you know you can use your Protected Time Off to treat and recover from a heat related illness?

Most NYC workers get 40 to 56 hours of paid Protected Time Off.

Learn more at nyc.gov/Workers

Bayard Rustin is a civil rights icon, best known for his pivotal role in helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington. Moving to New York in the 1930s to attend City College, Rustin developed radical politics and began organizing against racial segregation in the army and employment discrimination. Rustin led the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the AFL-CIO's African American constituency group, working to integrate and promote unions among Black Americans.

Due to a “moral cause” arrest early in his career, Rustin was publicly outed as a gay man. Discrimination over his sexuality often forced him to take a more background role in movement work. Later in his life, Rustin became a fierce advocate for q***r people across the globe, focusing on AIDs education and destigmatization in the 1980s.

Sound too good to be true? It probably is. Before you head to check out, be sure to weigh your options ahead of time!

Businesses like Klarna and Afterpay offer “interest free” loans that may include additional fees if you do not pay them back in time.

Learn more about buy now, pay later loans at on.nyc.gov/43mthfm

Before you hire a home improvement contractor, check to make sure they’re licensed!

DCWP just updated our Wall of Shame, a list of contractors illegally operating without a license within the past 12 months.

Check it out at on.nyc.gov/48CKwtG

💪 Get your finances into shape this spring!

Our FREE Financial Empowerment Centers can help you:

⬇️ Pay down debt

💰 Meet your savings goals

💳 Improve your credit score

And more!

Learn more at nyc.gov/TalkMoney

June 1 rent come with an unwelcome surprise?

It is ILLEGAL for landlords to charge fees that were not included in the initial rental listing.

Learn more about your rights renting in NYC at on.nyc.gov/45HcTY7

Asking to be paid for work you already completed doesn’t make you “hard to work with”.

It is ILLEGAL for hiring parties to retaliate against you for exercising your rights!

Learn more about NYC’s protections for freelancers at on.nyc.gov/4iiVw3t

NYC workers do not have to choose between caring for their mental health and their job.

Most workers get 40 to 56 hours of Protected Time Off, in addition to 35 hours of unpaid time.

Learn more at nyc.gov/Workers