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Total outstanding across all listed companies

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Money billed by freelance workers and not paid. Every figure was entered by the person owed it. File a report against a company and it gets a page here; if the company has not been named before, the name is added to the list.

Companies listed

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Invoices filed

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Median invoice

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Avg. days to pay

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The Blacklist

Ranked by outstanding balance. Figures are self-reported by freelancers and unverified. Click a company to open its page and file against it.

No. Company Outstanding Inv. Avg. pay

No company on the list matches that. File the first report against it and a page is created.

The Blacklist — case file

NYC Freelancers v. {{ coName }}

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Add what you are owed

One invoice, one figure, filed against {{ coName }}. No name, no email. The amount is added to this page and to the total on the front.

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Enter a dollar figure — digits only.

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One filing per figure per company per address. Repeat submissions from this address ({{ clientId }}) are declined automatically. Attach the invoice PDF to put it on the record.

File a full report

To attach the invoice PDF, record how long {{ coName }} took to pay, or add a personal statement, open the report form. The company name is filled in for you.

Under New York’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act, a freelancer who prevails on a non-payment claim may be awarded more than the invoice alone. Read what the law provides.

How long did {{ coName }} take to pay in full?

Open to everyone, including freelancers who were eventually paid. Count from the day the work was completed to the day the money landed.

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Average time to full payment

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No statements yet. File one and it appears here once approved.

The record is
the argument.

Name the company, enter what it owes you and how long it took to pay. Attach the invoice if you have it — black out or delete anything you do not want read. Your name, your client contact, addresses, project titles. The figure and the date are what matter. A personal statement is optional and is published in your words, unedited, once approved.

1 — The company

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2 — The figures

Leave either blank if it does not apply. Still unpaid? Skip the days field.

3 — The invoice (optional)

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Redaction is on you — a PDF can carry metadata and hidden text layers. Exporting a flattened copy, or printing to PDF, removes most of it.

4 — Your statement (optional)

Published anonymously unless you fill in a name.

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In their own words.

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General Business Law, Article 44-A

Late payment has
a price attached.

New York City passed the Freelance Isn’t Free Act in 2016, effective 2017 — the first law of its kind in the United States. New York State followed with its own version, codified as Article 44-A of the General Business Law and enforced by the Attorney General, applying to contracts entered into on or after 28 August 2024.

Who it covers

Any person, or a one-person organization, hired as an independent contractor for services worth $800 or more — either in a single contract or aggregated across all contracts with the same hiring party in the preceding 120 days. Sales representatives, licensed attorneys, licensed medical professionals and construction contractors are excluded, as is work for federal, state, local or foreign government.

What the client owes

A written contract, listing the parties, an itemised account of the services and their value, the rate and method of payment, and the payment date. Payment is due on that date; where the contract names no date, within 30 days of the completion of the work. The rights cannot be waived.

The double damages

A freelancer who prevails on a non-payment claim may be awarded the amount owed plus an equal sum in damages — double the value of the underlying contract — together with attorneys’ fees, costs and injunctive relief. Failure to provide a written contract carries statutory damages of $250, and retaliation carries damages equal to the contract’s value.

Contract threshold$800

Aggregation window120 days

Payment due, no date named30 days

Non-payment award×2

No written contract$250

State effective date28 Aug 2024

Summarised from published legal guidance on the city and state acts. It is a plain-language summary, not legal advice; the statute and a lawyer govern. Complaints go to the New York State Attorney General, or for city-covered work, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.