Check out the NYC ‘Hall of Shame’ before you hire a home improvement contractor

September 4, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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CITYWIDE — DON’T GET BURNED: Before you hire a contractor, look them up in NYC’s new Home Improvement Contractor Hall of Shame, Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga said in a release Wednesday. The Hall of Shame lists all of the home improvement contractors that have received a violation within the past year for operating without a license. DCWP recently won a battle in state Supreme Court against Queen’s area Big John’s Roofing, one of the most complained-about unlicensed contractors on the list, and secured a court order seeking to stop the company from illegally operating.

DCWP urges New Yorkers to only use licensed home improvement contractors, which ensures that the contractor has a background check — and may provide consumers with access to DCWP’s Home Improvement Contractor Trust Fund for potential restitution if something goes wrong.

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