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| OATH (Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings) |
Decisions Posted on Site:
Recommended and Final Decisions (1990 - Present: 1979 - 1989 Selected)
Link to OATH web site
The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is the City's central independent tribunal with authority to conduct adjudicatory hearings for all mayoral and non-mayoral city agencies. OATH's caseload includes public employee disciplinary and disability hearings, license and regulatory hearings, conflicts of interest proceedings, hearings on contract matters, Loft Law hearings and other adjudications as provided by state and local law. OATH's jurisdiction, powers and duties are defined in Chapter 45-A of the City Charter.
OATH has a threefold mission: 1) to resolve administrative disputes, either by settlement or by trial, in a fair and impartial manner; 2) to afford the parties and the public efficient and prompt processing and disposition of all cases; and 3) to author trial decisions of the highest quality.
Since 1979, OATH's administrative law judges have issued approximately 4,500 decisions on various issues of administrative law. OATH decisions include findings or facts and either a recommendation back to the referring agency of a final disposition or, where OATH is the deciding agency, the final decision itself. In many instances the agency action based on an OATH recommendation is included with the decision, but not always.
Agencies that refer adjudicatory matters to OATH include the following:
Administration for Children Services, Aging, Buildings, Correction, Design and Construction, Employment, Environmental Protection, Finance, Fire, Health, Homeless Services, Housing Preservation and Development, Human Resources Administration, Juvenile, Loft Board, Parks, Police, Probation, Sanitation, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Transportation, Board of Education, Comptroller, Conflicts of Interest Board, Health and Hospitals Corporation, Transit Authority, Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Off Track Betting, and Teachers Retirement System.
The decisions posted on the Center's web site are updated as issued by OATH. All decisions beginning in 1990 are included. The site also offers selected decisions offering noteworthy research value issued prior to 1990.
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