{"id":"2f8a1469-99b3-4d1b-af3f-f904fc4d159d","task":"Walk a rigging contractor through NYC DOB's Special Rigger license process, which authorizes suspended-scaffold (swing stage) installation and supervision.","domain":"nyc.gov (DOB Licensing)","steps":["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.","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.","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).","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.","Note the license is filed and issued entirely through the DOB NOW Portal/eFiling — there is no walk-in or paper path.","Confirm the applicant must ultimately be an officer/partner/sole proprietor of a business with a NYC commercial-zone address to receive the card."],"gotchas":["Fee amounts and required forms (LIC2, LIC34, LIC51, LIC61, etc.) change periodically — re-verify against the live nyc.gov page rather than caching last year's numbers.","This is a personal license tied to an individual, but license issuance is gated on the business entity's documentation (incorporation papers, insurance certificates) — both tracks must clear before the card is issued."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T01:33:45.448Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/2f8a1469-99b3-4d1b-af3f-f904fc4d159d"}