Effective February 1, 2012, the Buffalo office will be open from 9:00am to 12:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
The office will be closed on Wednesday. Letters of authority will no longer
be issued from the Buffalo office.
For all other inquiries, email licensing@dos.ny.gov
Albany Mailing Address
NYS Department of State
Division of Licensing Services
P.O. Box 22001
Albany, NY 12201-2001
To ensure prompt delivery of your mail, it is important that you utilize the above mailing address.
Please note: If you utilize express services or next day ground services such as UPS, Federal Express, DHL, etc. you should use the physical address of the building.
The physical address of the Albany location is:
Albany Physical Address
Division of Licensing Services
1 Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Avenue, 6th Floor
Albany, NY 12231
General Information
(518) 474-4429
(Customer service representatives available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00am - 1:00pm and 2:00pm - 4:45pm)
Security and Armored Car Guard Information (518) 474-7569
(Customer service representatives available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:00am - 1:00pm and 2:00pm - 4:45pm)
Deaf, hard of hearing and speech-disabled callers, please use 7-1-1
Parking
Limited on street metered parking is available for 1 Commerce Plaza in Albany. The Office of General Services has various parking lots throughout downtown Albany which have limited visitor parking. To find out more information about the OGS lots, please visit their website at: http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/supportServices/parking/default.html ![]()
Albany:
NYS Department of State
Division of Licensing Services
1 Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Avenue, 6th Floor
Albany, NY 12231
(Customer Service hours 9:00am - 4:30pm)
New York City:
NYS Department of State
Division of Licensing Services
123 William St. 19th Fl.
New York, NY 10038-3804
(212) 417-5747 (customer service hours 8:45am - 4:30pm)
Binghamton:
NYS Department of State
Division of Licensing Services
State Office Building 44 Hawley Street, Room 1506
Binghamton, NY 13901-4455
(607) 721-8757 (customer service hours 8:30am -4:30pm)
Buffalo:
NYS Department of State
Division of Licensing Services
65 Court Street, Room 208
Buffalo, NY 14202-3471
(716) 847-7110 (customer service hours 9:00am -12:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Closed on Wednesday)
Hauppauge:
NYS Department of State
Division of Licensing Services
State Office Building
250 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788-5519
(631) 952-6579 (customer service hours 8:30am - 4:30pm)
Syracuse: OPEN ON MONDAYS ONLY
NYS Department of State
Division of Licensing Services
Hughes State Office Building
333 E. Washington Street, Room 514
Syracuse, NY 13202-1428
(315) 428-4258 (customer service hours 8:30am - 4:30pm on Mondays only)
Utica:
NYS Department of State
Division of Licensing Services
State Office Building
207 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13501-2812
(315) 793-2533 (customer service hours 8:00am - 4:00pm)