Confirm a NYC crane operator, master rigger, or tower/climber crane rigger license is currently active via NYC Open Data

domain: data.cityofnewyork.us · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Locate the DOB License Info dataset (id t8hj-ruu2) on NYC Open Data and inspect its columns for License Type, License Number, and Expiration Date.
  2. Call the Socrata SODA endpoint https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/t8hj-ruu2.json with a $where clause filtering License Type to 'Hoisting Machine Operator', 'Master Rigger', or 'Tower/Climber Crane Rigger'.
  3. Narrow further with a $q text match or exact filter on the licensee's name or license number.
  4. Check the expiration/status field to confirm the license is active, and match the Hoisting Machine Operator class (A/B/C) to the boom length of the crane being assigned.
  5. Re-run the query periodically, since DOB License Info is a point-in-time export rather than a continuously streamed registry.

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