The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is an independent agency that conducts administrative hearings for other City agencies, boards or commissions. Our mission is to provide fair and timely hearings. OATH oversees the operations of four tribunals: the OATH Tribunal, the Environmental Control Board, the Health Tribunal, and the Taxi & Limousine Tribunal. It also offers training services through the Administrative Judicial Training Institute.

As an Access to Justice initiative, OATH has partnered with Columbia Law School  to create a user-friendly website that explains how to proceed if your car is taken by the NYPD during an arrest.  The site is meant to help people who decide to represent themselves understand the procedures for requesting the return of their car.

The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings will hold a Public Hearing on May 29, 2012, at 3:30 p.m., at OATH, 40 Rector Street, 6th Floor, Hearing Room E, on proposed rules governing the Health Tribunal.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has signed an Executive Order consolidating the Administrative Tribunals of the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) with the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). 

The next meeting will take place on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 40 Rector Street, OATH Lecture Room, 14th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10006 at 9:15 a.m., at the call of the Chairman.

The New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is accepting applications from qualified persons who do not work for the City of New York who would like to serve on Contract Dispute Resolution Board (CDRB) panels.

CDRB panels hear the final appeal in a three-step dispute resolution process contained in City contracts for construction, goods and services. Each CDRB panel consists of an OATH ALJ, as chair, a representative of the Mayor's Office of Contract Services, and a third member selected from a pre-qualified roster of individuals, established and administered by OATH, who has appropriate expertise and is unaffiliated with the City.