The New York City Department of Finance (DOF) is the revenue service, taxation agency and recorder of deeds of the government of New York City. Its Parking Violations Bureau is an administrative court that adjudicates parking violations, while its Sheriff's Office is the city's primary civil law enforcement agency.
The Department of Finance (DOF) collects more than $33.2 billion in revenue for the City and values more than one million properties worth a total market value of $988 billion. In addition, DOF also:
Records property-related documentsAdministers exemption and abatement programsAdjudicates and collects parking ticketsMaintains the city's treasuryParticipates on and provides administrative support for the NYC Banking CommissionOversees the New York City Sheriff's Office, which acts as DOF's law enforcement division and the City's chief civil law enforcement agency.Through the Mayor's Office of Pensions and Investments, the Department of Finance also advises the Administration on the City's $160 billion pension system and $15 billion deferred compensation plan.
Commissioner of Finance: Jacques JihaFirst Deputy Commissioner: Michael HymanDeputy Commissioner for Treasury and Payment ServicesPayments and Receivable ServicesAdjudications and Parking (Parking Violations Bureau)City Register and Land RecordsCollectionsTreasury OperationsPayment OperationsDeputy Commissioner for Tax Audit and EnforcementTax AuditTax EnforcementProperty ValuationDeputy Commissioner for Property DivisionProperty Exemption AdministrationProperty Valuation and Tax MappingChief Information Officer for Finance Information TechnologyProperty, Collections and Accounting ApplicationsNetwork OperationsParking and Payment ApplicationsProject ManagementTax Policy, Audit and Assessment ApplicationsBTS Systems ModernizationDeputy Commissioner for General CounselLegal AffairsDepartment Advocate's OfficeChief Financial Officer for Administration and PlanningEmployee ServicesFinancial ManagementACCODeputy Commissioner and SheriffFirst Deputy SheriffIn 1986 the department's Parking Violations Bureau was at the center of a corruption scheme involving kickbacks (bribes) over the selection of hand-held computers for issuing traffic summonses.
