New York
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
In short
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issues 5 permits we publish for New York, last verified 2026-09-05. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Protection Certificate | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | $114 for the in-person course including the exam; the online course is free with a $24 fee for the exam alone. | does not expire — no renewal required | 2026-09-05 |
| Barber Shop Permit | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | $15 for a new permit applied for between November 1 and April 30, or $7.50 between May 1 and October 31; renewal is $15 annually. | annual | 2026-09-05 |
| Group Child Care Center Permit | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | $200 for a new application or renewal, plus a separate $110 fingerprinting fee | 2 years | 2026-09-05 |
| Food Service Establishment Permit | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | $280 a year; an establishment manufacturing frozen desserts pays an additional $25 | annual — expires one year from the end of the month the application was made | 2026-09-05 |
| Mobile Food Vending License and Permit | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | Two separate charges. The individual Mobile Food Vending License is $50.00 (no fee for a U.S. veteran), plus $53.00 for the required Mobile Food Vendor Food Protection Course. The unit's own Mobile Food Vending Permit is priced by unit type and term: a full 2-year permit is $200.00 for a processing unit (Class A or B, where food is cooked, sliced or mixed) or $75.00 for a non-processing unit (Class C, D or E); a temporary/seasonal permit is $35.00 (processing) or $15.00 (non-processing); a Green Cart permit for fresh fruit and vegetables is $75.00. Any permit is free for a U.S. veteran or surviving spouse. Card payments carry a 2.49% service fee. | the license expires every 2 years on a staggered date; permit terms are either full 2-year or seasonal | 2026-09-05 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Food Protection Certificate
A certified supervisor must be on site at every food service establishment while it operates. Unlike almost every other credential on this platform, it never needs renewing — a genuine lifetime certificate, even though the restaurant's own operating permit still renews every year.
Barber Shop Permit
This is a DOHMH permit, not a DCWP one — barbering falls under public health regulation in New York City. A shop also offering other beauty services needs a separate New York State Appearance Enhancement Business license on top of this permit.
Group Child Care Center Permit
Inside New York City, DOHMH licenses center-based child care directly rather than the state Office of Children and Family Services that governs the rest of New York — a genuinely different regulator from what the state layer of this platform describes.
Food Service Establishment Permit
Governed by DOHMH, not any borough or county authority — NYC's five counties issue no separate food permits of their own.
Mobile Food Vending License and Permit
Selling food or drinks from a pushcart or truck in New York City requires both credentials at once — an individual's Mobile Food Vending License and the unit's own Mobile Food Vending Permit — now administered through NYC Health after DCWP's older mobile-food-vendors page was retired and began returning 404. Pushcarts are capped at five feet wide and ten feet long.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Phone
- 311
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- New York City — Barber Shop PermitNew York City Department of Small Business Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- New York City — Food Protection CertificateNew York City Department of Small Business Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- New York City — Food Service Establishment PermitNew York City Department of Small Business Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- New York City — Group Child Care Center PermitNew York City Department of Small Business Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- New York City Health Department — Mobile Food Vending Permit application and fee table (temporary, full-term and Green Cart, by processing/non-processing unit class); content supplied directly by the requester after the older DCWP mobile-food-vendors page 404'dNew York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
- NYC311 — Mobile Food Vending License fee ($50, waived for U.S. veterans) and Food Protection Course fee ($53)City of New York (NYC311) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
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