New York City Commissioner of Public Markets

The Commissioner of Public Markets, Weights, and Measures of the City of New York was a cabinet-level post appointed by the mayor of New York City during World War I, when foodstuffs were in short supply and people began hoarding. The goal was to "set fair prices for meat and fish." The commissioner had jurisdiction over all public markets, market places, and all auctioneers. The office started after World War I and in 1968, the Department of Markets (as it was by then known) was merged with the Department of Licenses by (Markets) Commissioner Gerard M. Weisberg to become the Department of Consumer Affairs. Commissioners Henry Moskowitz, c. 1917. Jonathan C. Day, c. 1918. fired by mayor John F. Hylan William P. Mulry, 1919 as Acting Commissioner under mayor John F. Hylan. Edwin Joseph O'Malley, c. 1919-1927 for 7 years under mayor John F. Hylan and survived a graft investigation. Thomas F. Dwyer, c. 1930 to 1932. He concluded that direct rail delivery of food to the Bronx Terminal Market could have saved consumers millions of dollars Jere F. Ryan, 1932 to 1933 J. Bonynge, c. 1934 William Fellowes Morgan, Jr., c. 1935 to 1939 Daniel P. Wooley, c. 1943-1944. Eugene G. Schulz, c. 1949. Albert S. Pacetta, c. 1965. Samuel J. Kearing, Jr., 1966. Gerard Maxwell Weisberg, 1966 to 1968. Deputy commissioners William P. Mulry, 1919 Edwin Joseph O'Malley, 1919 Samuel Buchler, November 1919 Mrs. John Marshall Gallagher, c. 1922 Mrs. Louis R. Welzmiller, c. 1922 John Joseph Delaney, 1924 through 1931 Alex Pisciotta, 1937 References