Where the New York file comes from

Every row starts from the New York Department of State (Division of Licensing Services). Daily open data: name, license type and number, expiry, business name and business address. The license record tells us who is licensed, the license type and status, and which brokerage the agent works under. Only active licenses go into the file.

Contact details in the state's records: Not published.

Where a detail is missing, we add the business email and phone agents publish for clients on brokerage and agent websites that allow collection, then emails inferred from a brokerage's known address pattern, then matches from licensed data suppliers. Every row says which of these it came from.

Every email in the New York file passes through 2 independent verification services, and we keep only addresses both accept. Each email is re-checked within 30 days of the edition it appears in, and the check date is in the Last verified column. If more than the guaranteed share of emails hard-bounce on your first send, we replace them.

Our survey of the New York regulator found no state rule that limits commercial use of licensee records beyond the federal rules every buyer follows. Before New York is released, its sources are reviewed against state law, and this page will say if anything changes.

Whatever the state, buyers must follow CAN-SPAM for email, the TCPA and Do Not Call rules for calls and texts, and our acceptable use policy.

Any New York agent can ask to be left out with our removal form. We confirm by email, add them to a suppression list, and every future edition of the New York file is checked against it before release.