This is a list of commissioners offices that head departments in New York City government. There are many other municipal government offices with the title of "commissioner" in New York City, and some departments are headed by individuals with a title other than commissioner. For instance, there are 13 commissioners on the New York City Planning Commission,[1] a commissioner who oversees the Administration for Children's Services,[2] and title of the head of the Law Department is called the Corporation Counsel,[3] but only heads of New York City departments with the title of commissioner are included in the list below.
Commissioner of Consumer Affairs[7] - this department was formed by the merger of the Department of Licenses and the Department of Markets on September 10, 1968.[8]
Commissioner of Correction[9] - this department was originally formed as part the Department of Public Charities and Correction in 1868. The two were separated in 1895.[10]
Commissioner of Licenses - this department was merged with the Department of Markets to form the Department of Consumer Affairs on September 10, 1968.[8]
Commissioner of Markets - this department was originally named the Department of Public Markets, Weights, and Measures, and was merged with the Department of Licenses to form the Department of Consumer Affairs on September 10, 1968.[8]
Commissioner of Personnel - this department was merged with the Department of General Services to form the Department of Citywide Administrative Services in 1996.
Commissioner of Public Charities - this department was originally formed as part the Department of Public Charities and Correction in 1868. The two were separated in 1895.[10] It was renamed the Department of Welfare in 1920.[26][27]
Commissioner of Public Markets, Weights, and Measures - this department was renamed the Department of Markets, and later was merged with the Department of Licenses to form the Department of Consumer Affairs on September 10, 1968.
New York City Commissioner of Social Services - this Department was renamed from the Department of Welfare in 1967,[30] and split into the Department of Homeless Services and the Administration for Children's Services in 1993.[21]
New York City Commissioner of Welfare - this department was originally formed as the Department of Public Charities and Correction in 1868. The two were split in 1895.[10] The Department Public Charities was renamed the Department of Welfare in 1920,[26] which was renamed the Department of Social Services in 1967.[30]