Article 32 of the New York State Labor Law licenses four roles: Mold Assessor, Mold Remediation Contractor, Mold Supervisor and Mold Abatement Worker. The Department of Labor states the purpose plainly, as "protection against fraud by prohibiting the performance of both the assessment and remediation on the same property by the same individual".
An independent mold assessment must define the scope of the remediation work before it starts. There are limited exceptions, including owners performing work on their own property. If a single company offers to inspect and then fix, in New York that is not a bargain, it is the arrangement the statute was written to stop.
Source: New York State Department of Labor, Article 32 of the New York State Labor Law. Checked 2026-08-14.
Ask for the licence number and check it against the New York State Department of Labor register before work starts. In New York a licence number you cannot look up on the New York State Department of Labor register is not a licence. Ask separately who will issue clearance at the end, because in New York that should not be the same firm doing the removal.
A licensed job costs more than an unlicensed one, and in New York that is the point rather than the problem: the premium buys a protocol, a separate assessor and a clearance document. The drying work underneath it is still priced at national rates in New York.
Drying itself is priced the same in New York as anywhere else; the published national ranges are on the pricing page.
Metro guides for New York publish once three local facts can be sourced for a city: named operators, local flood risk and the county permit office. Until then the New York position above is the state-level answer, and the national guides below cover cost and process.
New York licenses four separate mold roles under Article 32, and bars the same person from both assessing and remediating the same property.
Ask for the licence number and check it against the New York State Department of Labor register before work starts. In New York a licence number you cannot look up on the New York State Department of Labor register is not a licence. Ask separately who will issue clearance at the end, because in New York that should not be the same firm doing the removal.
New York State Department of Labor, under the Article 32 of the New York State Labor Law. Position checked 2026-08-14. New York can change its rules, so confirm current requirements with New York State Department of Labor before relying on this for a decision.
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