Permits & licenses in New York City.
New York City builds to its own construction codes. The State's Uniform Code stops at the city line; inside it the New York City Construction Codes — building, plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas and energy conservation — govern, and the Department of Buildings holds the building permit, the plan review and the inspection in all five boroughs.
- The NYC Department of Buildings holds the building permit in all five boroughs; job filings, plan sets and permit issuance run through DOB NOW: Build.
- Every stakeholder on a DOB NOW: Build job filing signs in with an NYC.ID account, and the applicant, the owner and the other stakeholders each attest to the filing inside the system.
- An issued permit can be printed by anyone from the DOB NOW Portal.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your New York City project.
New York City · drawn from Census boundaries
What we clear here
- Building permits — new construction, fit-outs, renovations
- Trade permits — electrical, plumbing, gas, mechanical
- Use & occupancy and the inspections behind it
- Business & contractor licensing
- Signs, site work, and right-of-way
How it moves
Your package is reviewed against the current New York City submission requirements before it's filed — forms, editions, scales, signatures. Then it's tracked in the queue and carried through comments. A resubmittal means the back of the line; the pre-filing review is there to help keep you out of it. The habit comes from volume: the team has processed 400+ permits annually across Maryland, D.C., and Virginia counters.
Straight answers
Who issues building permits in New York City?
NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in New York City?
Yes — New York City is one of the New York markets we serve. Call (240) 344-5075, or send the project over, and we'll lay out your project's permits and licenses, in order, with what each review will take.
Talk to a permit specialist
Ten minutes on your project. You leave knowing the approvals it needs, in what order, and what each review will take. Or send the address, scope, and plans and we start from there.