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From the Labor Department file
New York at a glance
- Investigations closed
- 23,048
- With a violation found
- 17,072
- Back wages agreed
- $365,193,998
- Workers due back wages
- 286,181
- Civil money penalties
- $19,954,920
- Employers on the record
- 18,834
- Employers with a page
- 6,602
- Latest case in the file
- March 2026
By year
Investigations closed in New York by year
Investigations closed per year, counted by the year the findings ended. Blue bars: cases. The file runs from fiscal 2005; the latest year is partial.
Biggest cases
Employers with the most back wages agreed
The fifty employers in New York with the most back wages agreed, all cases combined.
Largest civil money penalties
| Employer | City | Cases | Penalties | Back wages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury Manor Enterprises, Inc. | Westbury | 1 | $528,570 | $503,151 |
| Weaver Racing Stables Inc | Elmont | 1 | $206,690 | $175,099 |
| Jean Martin, Inc | New York | 3 | $182,110 | $143,138 |
| UPR Care Corp. | Woodbury | 1 | $172,480 | $457,087 |
| Automobile Workforce LLC. | Ozone Park | 1 | $171,250 | $996,056 |
| Trngapps nc | New York | 1 | $162,608 | $105,000 |
| KDE Equine Racing | Elmont | 1 | $156,688 | $129,777 |
| Dario's Landscaping & Masonry, LLC | Southampton | 1 | $151,569 | $516,401 |
| CVS Corporation | Yonkers | 32 | $146,520 | $26 |
| Chad Brown Racing Stables Inc. | Elmont | 2 | $137,724 | $1,206,299 |
| Scotto Brothers Restaurant Westbury, Inc. | Westbury | 1 | $134,362 | $336,324 |
| A. Sam Family Farm LLC | Dunkirk | 1 | $131,378 | $222,557 |
| Brooklyn Born Holdings Inc. | New York | 1 | $123,946 | $0 |
| Gargan Stables Corp. | Elmont | 1 | $121,176 | $66,316 |
| DVVA Carle Place Restaurant, Inc. | Carle Place | 1 | $103,090 | $175,743 |
| Esteemed Patrol Inc. | Brooklyn | 1 | $102,300 | $147,025 |
| Chestnut Petroleum Distrbutors, Inc. | New Paltz | 1 | $100,000 | $340,178 |
| S&Z Mechanics Inc | Brooklyn | 1 | $97,755 | $29,683 |
| Ramiza Food Corporation | Valley Stream | 1 | $97,301 | $0 |
| Lambents Group, Inc. | Rochester | 1 | $95,400 | $185,248 |
| Silver's Crust West Indian Restaurant & Grill | Brooklyn | 3 | $90,630 | $270,756 |
| Sriven Infosys, Inc. | Flushing | 1 | $90,000 | $39,365 |
| Jopal Bronx, LLC | Woodbury | 1 | $89,100 | $744,000 |
| Gutchess Lumber Company, Inc. | Cortland | 2 | $86,741 | $83,787 |
| Kde Equine LLC | Elmont | 2 | $86,625 | $301,297 |
Latest
Employers whose newest case closed last
Employers with a page whose most recent case closed last, by year.
By industry
Where the violations are found
| Sector | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and food services | 5,016 | $80,761,360 | 46,896 |
| Construction | 2,075 | $60,682,447 | 19,233 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,560 | $46,005,478 | 58,896 |
| Administrative, support and waste services | 1,478 | $38,070,885 | 27,356 |
| Retail trade | 3,644 | $34,634,118 | 24,294 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 958 | $21,865,968 | 29,843 |
| Other services | 1,127 | $17,674,812 | 11,676 |
| Manufacturing | 1,703 | $13,719,288 | 13,281 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 600 | $12,281,924 | 6,865 |
| Wholesale trade | 411 | $5,706,610 | 3,625 |
| Finance and insurance | 224 | $5,478,957 | 5,124 |
| Information | 227 | $4,737,764 | 7,842 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 1,227 | $4,471,692 | 4,246 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 245 | $2,909,856 | 2,563 |
| Educational services | 169 | $2,054,859 | 3,746 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 265 | $1,846,015 | 1,658 |
| Public administration | 105 | $1,695,770 | 623 |
| Management of companies | 63 | $239,347 | 279 |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 21 | $204,133 | 134 |
| Utilities | 40 | $127,910 | 327 |
| Industry not stated | 890 | $10,024,806 | 17,674 |
Every case in New York by the sector of its industry code, ranked by back wages. The last row holds the cases whose code names no sector, so the column adds up to the 23,048 cases on the state record.
The 25 industries with the most back wages
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-Service Restaurants | 2,980 | $59,714,367 | 30,099 |
| Home Health Care Services | 202 | $13,177,575 | 9,345 |
| Nursing Care Facilities | 489 | $11,014,063 | 15,594 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants | 1,108 | $10,209,755 | 7,182 |
| Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores | 742 | $9,616,488 | 6,686 |
| Car Washes | 220 | $7,471,880 | 3,670 |
| Industrial Building Construction | 33 | $7,027,279 | 393 |
| Janitorial Services | 385 | $6,837,309 | 3,344 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services | 272 | $6,650,785 | 6,286 |
| Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores | 584 | $5,567,044 | 3,228 |
| Temporary Help Services | 69 | $5,288,051 | 1,989 |
| Commercial and Institutional Building Construction | 213 | $5,217,158 | 1,819 |
| Residential Building Construction | 192 | $5,104,186 | 1,695 |
| Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors | 206 | $4,798,757 | 1,972 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 180 | $4,601,931 | 7,894 |
| Inland Water Freight Transportation | 2 | $4,416,123 | 405 |
| New Multifamily Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) | 81 | $4,372,915 | 901 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services | 165 | $4,282,578 | 7,047 |
| Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors | 140 | $4,026,015 | 901 |
| Caterers | 85 | $3,773,505 | 3,398 |
| All Other Specialty Trade Contractors | 192 | $3,641,287 | 1,189 |
| Convenience Stores | 215 | $3,507,146 | 1,278 |
| Postal Service | 223 | $3,329,594 | 20,996 |
| Landscaping Services | 184 | $3,129,152 | 1,640 |
| Masonry Contractors | 58 | $3,000,243 | 744 |
Industries as the Department codes them, the 25 of 1,110 with the most back wages.
By county
New York on the record by county
| County | Employers | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk County | 2,408 | 2,997 | $61,401,881 | 30,782 |
| Nassau County | 2,193 | 2,578 | $60,531,417 | 33,757 |
| New York County | 2,590 | 2,968 | $54,072,383 | 34,246 |
| Queens County | 1,491 | 1,745 | $35,310,857 | 16,668 |
| Kings County | 1,375 | 1,561 | $33,624,162 | 16,286 |
| Westchester County | 967 | 1,106 | $15,068,303 | 9,754 |
| Bronx County | 629 | 700 | $13,402,969 | 8,704 |
| Erie County | 1,269 | 1,540 | $11,631,949 | 19,208 |
| Monroe County | 745 | 876 | $9,287,735 | 18,555 |
| Rockland County | 370 | 425 | $9,224,347 | 4,529 |
| Onondaga County | 488 | 614 | $9,101,459 | 9,919 |
| Albany County | 551 | 631 | $7,152,347 | 28,855 |
| Dutchess County | 281 | 319 | $4,095,766 | 5,796 |
| Richmond County | 189 | 217 | $3,957,628 | 2,392 |
| Orange County | 403 | 470 | $3,635,345 | 2,710 |
| Niagara County | 242 | 296 | $2,427,930 | 2,769 |
| Oneida County | 216 | 240 | $2,312,038 | 2,713 |
| Schenectady County | 134 | 156 | $2,137,331 | 2,318 |
| Jefferson County | 153 | 198 | $1,986,143 | 1,839 |
| Ulster County | 200 | 229 | $1,752,477 | 2,678 |
| Saratoga County | 237 | 270 | $1,647,519 | 2,529 |
| Chautauqua County | 114 | 149 | $1,464,954 | 2,987 |
| Broome County | 129 | 173 | $1,404,761 | 1,724 |
| Genesee County | 99 | 113 | $1,182,880 | 1,079 |
| St. Lawrence County | 53 | 61 | $957,905 | 629 |
| Rensselaer County | 155 | 180 | $872,951 | 773 |
| Putnam County | 67 | 74 | $835,731 | 473 |
| Cortland County | 39 | 48 | $797,940 | 393 |
| Cattaraugus County | 74 | 83 | $762,141 | 1,609 |
| Orleans County | 82 | 106 | $689,716 | 2,067 |
| Steuben County | 69 | 82 | $666,906 | 1,100 |
| Ontario County | 116 | 125 | $615,472 | 1,183 |
| Herkimer County | 51 | 54 | $613,350 | 650 |
| Otsego County | 43 | 51 | $581,077 | 590 |
| Tompkins County | 65 | 68 | $580,834 | 2,101 |
| Warren County | 97 | 114 | $572,890 | 425 |
| Columbia County | 88 | 104 | $544,742 | 422 |
| Sullivan County | 53 | 61 | $544,202 | 959 |
| Allegany County | 33 | 34 | $543,257 | 1,040 |
| Oswego County | 125 | 159 | $540,033 | 814 |
| County not stated | 71 | 78 | $1,475,315 | 476 |
The forty counties with the most back wages, the county read from each employer's ZIP code; the last row counts the cases with no usable ZIP or city.
By city
Cities in New York on the record
| City | Employers | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,631 | 3,018 | $55,321,368 | 34,547 |
| Brooklyn | 1,375 | 1,561 | $33,624,162 | 16,286 |
| Bronx | 629 | 700 | $13,402,969 | 8,704 |
| Rochester | 552 | 645 | $7,629,784 | 15,608 |
| Syracuse | 242 | 298 | $6,697,327 | 5,126 |
| Buffalo | 631 | 723 | $6,480,935 | 10,067 |
| Melville | 74 | 174 | $6,479,897 | 3,204 |
| Albany | 340 | 377 | $6,047,019 | 27,039 |
| Long Island City | 180 | 203 | $5,010,161 | 3,184 |
| Westbury | 182 | 211 | $4,868,987 | 3,506 |
| Staten Island | 189 | 217 | $3,957,628 | 2,392 |
| Elmont | 55 | 64 | $3,575,907 | 1,499 |
| New Hyde Park | 106 | 116 | $3,565,108 | 1,440 |
| Bay Shore | 108 | 117 | $3,498,443 | 1,344 |
| Astoria | 134 | 146 | $3,397,522 | 1,258 |
| Amityville | 62 | 71 | $3,373,079 | 1,523 |
| Richmond Hill | 26 | 37 | $3,222,630 | 239 |
| Yonkers | 162 | 182 | $3,119,599 | 1,931 |
| Hauppauge | 88 | 102 | $3,076,773 | 1,495 |
| Farmingdale | 120 | 131 | $2,990,000 | 1,501 |
| Hempstead | 97 | 105 | $2,954,266 | 1,292 |
| Flushing | 173 | 189 | $2,947,630 | 1,536 |
| Woodbury | 48 | 58 | $2,901,278 | 2,949 |
| West Nyack | 56 | 70 | $2,899,575 | 503 |
| Plainview | 79 | 88 | $2,745,894 | 830 |
| Ronkonkoma | 74 | 81 | $2,675,693 | 812 |
| Brentwood | 61 | 69 | $2,422,939 | 892 |
| Schenectady | 141 | 167 | $2,401,833 | 2,673 |
| Jamaica | 152 | 177 | $2,302,129 | 1,949 |
| Great Neck | 89 | 95 | $2,277,518 | 1,282 |
| White Plains | 137 | 155 | $2,241,627 | 1,380 |
| Garden City | 109 | 129 | $2,115,484 | 1,253 |
| Massapequa | 78 | 85 | $2,075,595 | 1,140 |
| Valley Stream | 72 | 84 | $2,061,303 | 2,041 |
| Hicksville | 140 | 155 | $1,952,225 | 969 |
| Deer Park | 63 | 81 | $1,950,748 | 825 |
| Carle Place | 29 | 34 | $1,896,990 | 805 |
| Bellmore | 39 | 42 | $1,872,572 | 716 |
| Jackson Heights | 101 | 121 | $1,831,279 | 839 |
| Freeport | 71 | 77 | $1,824,418 | 1,005 |
| Commack | 67 | 74 | $1,815,851 | 722 |
| Huntington | 100 | 111 | $1,803,972 | 898 |
| Ozone Park | 23 | 26 | $1,778,312 | 600 |
| Fresh Meadows | 29 | 32 | $1,734,175 | 226 |
| Spring Valley | 54 | 60 | $1,557,255 | 952 |
| Bohemia | 83 | 88 | $1,547,770 | 1,778 |
| Newburgh | 85 | 105 | $1,510,122 | 674 |
| New Rochelle | 75 | 83 | $1,509,584 | 1,307 |
| Port Washington | 52 | 60 | $1,490,363 | 580 |
| Elmhurst | 48 | 66 | $1,478,283 | 718 |
| Riverhead | 117 | 141 | $1,473,473 | 424 |
| East Meadow | 48 | 51 | $1,449,234 | 1,539 |
| Poughkeepsie | 107 | 112 | $1,439,056 | 3,107 |
| Mount Vernon | 71 | 73 | $1,435,110 | 904 |
| Rockville Centre | 57 | 60 | $1,420,911 | 429 |
| Huntington Station | 66 | 78 | $1,401,991 | 818 |
| Lynbrook | 37 | 40 | $1,379,344 | 1,039 |
| Smithtown | 69 | 76 | $1,347,654 | 1,046 |
| West Harrison | 14 | 15 | $1,297,361 | 133 |
| Utica | 77 | 85 | $1,295,826 | 1,652 |
Cities as the Department recorded them, ranked by back wages; a linked city opens its public records page.
If you are owed wages
Where to file a wage claim in New York
In New York a wage claim can go to the state: File a Labor Standards Wage Theft Claim, Department of Labor takes claims under state law, which often covers more than the federal rules. The federal route is the Division's page on how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division with what to send and where. The Division also keeps a search of back wages owed to workers it collected and could not deliver.
Straight answers
New York wage and hour records, questions
How many wage and hour cases does the Labor Department record in New York?
23,048 closed investigations of 18,834 employers between fiscal 2005 and the April 22, 2026 snapshot, 17,072 of them with a violation found, with $365,193,998 in back wages agreed and $19,954,920 in civil money penalties.
Which New York employer owed the most back wages?
Serrot Construction Corp. of Brooklyn, with $5,745,385 agreed across 1 case, which is the top of the table above.
Does this record include claims filed with the state?
No. It is the federal file alone: investigations the Wage and Hour Division closed. Claims filed with a state labor office, private lawsuits and settlements are not in it, so an employer missing here is not an employer with a clean record.
What does back wages agreed mean?
The amount the employer agreed to pay the workers the Division found were owed, computed at the federal minimum wage and overtime rates. It is not a court judgment, and the file records the agreement, not whether every dollar was paid.
How current is the record?
The Department refreshes the file about once a quarter. This page reads the snapshot dated April 22, 2026, whose latest closed case is from March 2026.
Where do I file a wage claim in New York?
In New York a wage claim can go to the state: File a Labor Standards Wage Theft Claim, Department of Labor takes claims under state law, which often covers more than the federal rules. The federal route is the Division's page on how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division with what to send and where. The Division also keeps a search of back wages owed to workers it collected and could not deliver.
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Where this record comes from
The record comes from the Wage and Hour Division compliance action data published by the U.S. Department of Labor, snapshot dated April 22, 2026 and read for this page on November 5, 2026, counted here by employer, year, industry, county and city for New York alone. The Wage and Hour Division made the findings. The New York public records page lists the state's other record offices, and the national wage theft records page ranks every state.
Disclaimer. The wage and hour information here is for general information only. It comes from the Labor Department's closed case file as the Department publishes it, which can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and a case on this record is not a court judgment and not an admission by the employer. Check with the Wage and Hour Division before you rely on it. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.