Q&A
Recent violation trends and focus areas
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Council Member Julie Menin inquires about recent violation trends and focus areas for DCWP enforcement. Carlos Ortiz provides information on violation statistics and areas of increased focus.
- Violations have increased slightly in recent years, from 14,000 in 2022 to over 19,000 in 2024
- DCWP has focused efforts on tobacco and e-cigarette retail dealer enforcement
- The agency collaborates with other departments like NYPD and the sheriff's office on enforcement activities
Julie Menin
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And how many violations have been issued in recent years?
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And are you seeing any trends in these violations?
Carlos Ortiz
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Violations in 2024, a little over 19,000.
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2023, close to 16,000, and in 2022, '14 thousand.
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So there's been a a slight increase in violations there.
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I would say where is that?
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I I would say I'm, you know, in recent years, we've had to tackle a lot of of focusing our efforts in the tobacco space, for example, or an e cigarette retail dealer space.
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I think that's that's something that we've certainly worked on, in coordination with our sister agencies at PD and the sheriff's office.
Julie Menin
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Okay.
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I have a number of additional questions, but I wanna, at this point, turn it over to my colleagues to see what questions they have.
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Okay.
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Council member Riley.
Kevin C. Riley
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Thank you, chairman.