The New York City Department of Finance (DOF) is the
revenue service
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, taxation agency and
recorder of deeds
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of the
government of New York City
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. Its Parking Violations Bureau is an
administrative court
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that adjudicates parking violations, while its
Sheriff's Office is the city's primary civil law enforcement agency.
Responsibilities
The Department of Finance (DOF) collects more than $33.2 billion in revenue for the City and values more than one million properties worth a total market value of $988 billion. In addition, DOF also:
* Records property-related documents
* Administers exemption and abatement programs
* Adjudicates and collects parking tickets
* Maintains the city's treasury
* Participates on and provides administrative support for the NYC Banking Commission
* Oversees the
New York City Sheriff's Office
The New York City Sheriff's Office (NYCSO), officially the Office of the Sheriff of the City of New York, is the primary civil law enforcement agency for New York City. The Sheriff's Office is a division of the New York City Department of Fina ...
, which acts as DOF's law enforcement division and the City's chief civil law enforcement agency.
Through the Mayor's Office of Pensions and Investments, the Department of Finance also advises the Administration on the City's $160 billion pension system and $15 billion deferred compensation plan.
Organization
*Commissioner of Finance: Preston Niblack
**First Deputy Commissioner: Michael Hyman
***Deputy Commissioner for Treasury and Payment Services
****Payments and Receivable Services
****Adjudications and Parking (Parking Violations Bureau)
****City Register and Land Records
****Collections
****Treasury Operations
****Payment Operations
***Deputy Commissioner for Tax Audit and Enforcement
****Tax Audit
****Tax Enforcement
****Property Valuation
***Deputy Commissioner for Property Division
****Property Exemption Administration
****Property Valuation and Tax Mapping
***Chief Information Officer for Finance Information Technology
****Property, Collections and Accounting Applications
****Network Operations
****Parking and Payment Applications
****Project Management
****Tax Policy, Audit and Assessment Applications
****BTS Systems Modernization
*** Deputy Commissioner for General Counsel
**** Legal Affairs
**** Department Advocate's Office
*** Chief Financial Officer for Administration and Planning
**** Employee Services
**** Financial Management
**** ACCO
*** Deputy Commissioner and Sheriff
**** First Deputy Sheriff
History
In 1986 the department's Parking Violations Bureau was at the center of a corruption scheme involving
kickbacks (bribes) over the selection of hand-held computers for issuing traffic summonses.
See also
*
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (NYSDTF) is the department of the New York state government responsible for taxation and revenue, including handling all tax forms and publications, and dispersing tax revenue to other agencie ...
*
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory ta ...
*
New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings
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Administrative trials nei ...
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New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget
The New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB), formerly New York City Office of Management and Budget, is the New York City government's chief financial agency, organized as part of the New York City Mayor's office. OMB staff, ...
References
External links
Official websiteDepartment of Financein the
Rules of the City of New York
The ''Rules of the City of New York'' (RCNY) contains the compiled rules and regulations (delegated legislation) of New York City government agencies. It contains approximately 6,000 rules and regulations in 71 titles, each covering a different cit ...
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Taxation in New York (state)
Local taxation in the United States
Revenue services