Walk a rigging contractor through NYC DOB's Special Rigger license process, which authorizes suspended-scaffold (swing stage) installation and supervision.

Steps

1. Confirm this is the correct license: NYC DOB's 'Special Rigger' license, not a generic crane/hoisting license, governs suspended scaffold installation and supervision in NYC.
2. Verify prerequisite qualifications: 18+, English literacy, a Department-sponsored practical exam, plus a Department-approved 16-hour Special Rigger course and 32-hour Suspended Scaffold Supervisor course completed within 1 year of application.
3. Verify the experience alternative: 2 years as a designated Special Rigging Foreman under a licensed Special Rigger (within 3 years), or 3 years supervising suspended-scaffold installation/use per the Building Code (within 5 years).
4. Confirm current fees directly on the DOB page before quoting them to a client: practical exam application fee, background investigation fee, and license issuance fee are separate line items.
5. Note the license is filed and issued entirely through the DOB NOW Portal/eFiling — there is no walk-in or paper path.
6. Confirm the applicant must ultimately be an officer/partner/sole proprietor of a business with a NYC commercial-zone address to receive the card.