How to read these records

The certificate

A certificate of registration is issued by the Bureau of Public Work and Prevailing Wage Enforcement of the New York State Department of Labor (Labor Law section 220-i). It has a number ending in “-CR”, an issue date and an expiration date two years later. Every certificate in the file has the status Active.

The answers on record

To register, a business answers questions: does it have a state employer registration number, a Workers' Compensation Board number, workers' compensation insurance; is it associated with an apprenticeship program; does it have outstanding wage assessments, a debarment, a final determination for a labor, tax or safety violation. The record shows these answers as the registry holds them.

• They are answers at the time of registration, not a current audit.
• A “Yes” does not say when, why, or whether it was resolved; a “No” is not a clean bill of health.
• No page of this site lists businesses by these answers.

MWBE owned

The answer given in the contractor registry. It is not the MWBE certification of Empire State Development, which has its own directory.

What is not here

The names of a business's officers and its phone number, both in the state file, are not republished. Certificates issued after Oct 1, 2026, and registrations that ended, are not in the file.