🔴 LIVE: The Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection's Preliminary Budget Hearing

Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection, New York City Council · March 19, 2026

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Opening and procedural instructions

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Chair Harvey Epstein called the committee to order, explained hearing procedures, asked attendees to silence devices and directed potential testifiers to sign up with the sergeant at arms.

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A New York City Council Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection fiscal‑year 2027 budget hearing on the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP). Commissioner Sam Levine outlined enforcement wins and programs and requested more staff and funding; council members pressed on vacancies, hiring limits and implementation of recent laws; community groups urged the council to double DCWP's budget and baseline legal services funding.

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