The Environmental Safety & Consumer Affairs Hearings Division hears cases initiated from the Departments of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, Health, Police, Revenue, Streets & Sanitation and Transportation. Generally, the hearings involve;

• City recycling violations;
• Chauffeur requirement violations (i.e., failure to renew license, illegal parking, reckless driving);
• Complaints by elderly and mentally challenged persons living in licensed care facilities;
• Grocery stores (i.e., selling outdated food products, false advertising, unsanitary interiors);
• Harboring rodents;
• Home and motor vehicle repair;
• Obstructions of the public way; 
• Outdated food products;
• Overflowing garbage;
• Public passenger vehicle operators (i.e., taxi cab and limo drivers, chauffeurs); Sale of unstamped cigarettes;
• Sale of cigarettes to minors; and,
• Unsanitary food businesses.

For more information, please contact: Administrative Hearings, Environmental Safety & Consumer Affairs Hearings Division, 312.742.8252 or 312.742.8253.

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