City of New York

Newsrack Inspections

Results from newsrack inspections and related complaints within New York City. Each record includes the associated business names, street address, and city of the newsrack.

Example records
Namelegal entityAlternate NamebrandCityaddressStreet AddressaddressNewsracklocationididentifierNewsrackstatusstatusNewsrackstatustypeclassificationNewsrackstatusdatetemporalNewsrackactivestatusFromstreetnameoperating locationTostreetnameoperating locationCompassdirectionadditional data
Schneps Media , LLCAM New YorkManhattanBROADWAY12769NOC/Violations FoundInspection Status01/20/2026 10:57:50 AMYesWEST 78 STREETS/W
Schneps Media , LLCBig Apple Parent MagazineManhattanCOLUMBUS AVENUE17594NOC/Violations FoundInspection Status01/16/2026 10:48:27 AMYesWEST 82 STREETS/W
U.S.A. Distributors, Inc.El Especial / El EspecialitoManhattanAMSTERDAM AVENUE17628NOC/Violations FoundInspection Status01/21/2026 02:36:20 PMYesWEST 65 STREETN/W
Use cases

Media Company Vendor Compliance Screening

A fintech lender evaluating a media distribution company as a borrower checks the operator's history of newsrack violations across NYC to assess whether the business maintains regulatory compliance with city permits, which can signal operational discipline or recurring negligence.

NameLastinspectionresultNewsrackactiveNewsrackstatusdateLastinspecteddate

Publication Brand Footprint Mapping for Sales Intelligence

An out-of-home advertising sales team maps the active street-level distribution footprint of competing or target publication brands across NYC neighborhoods to estimate circulation reach and identify gaps where a competing publication has no active racks.

Alternate NameNewsrackactiveStreet AddressCityCommunitydistrictleft

Fraud Detection for Permit and Location Misrepresentation

A city compliance auditor cross-references declared rack locations against inspection records to identify operators who have racks listed as active but with no recent inspection date, which may indicate ghost locations used to inflate permitted footprint without physical presence.

NameNewsracklocationidNewsrackactiveLastinspecteddateSpecificlocation
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