Business inspections conducted by the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP). The dataset includes routine patrols at brick-and-mortar businesses, inspections of licensed vehicles like horse-drawn cabs and tow trucks, and educational 'Business Education' visits. The data is provided by the City of New York and was last updated on March 22, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze patterns in business compliance based on inspection types mentioned in the description
- Model risk factors for violations based on business and vehicle asset classes
- Evaluate the impact of educational versus enforcement inspections on compliance rates
Strengths
- Covers multiple inspection types: patrol, vehicle, and educational visits
- Enforces laws across consumer protection, licensing, and workplace domains
- Data is provided by the authoritative City of New York organization
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- City of New York
- Collection Method
- Inspections conducted by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03 22 03:56:12.638497; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- New York City