Are you required to have a car to work as a HHA in NYC?

[flod]

I heard that in Boston you do need a car to work as a HHA. What about NYC?

[caliotter3]

Ask the potential employer. As I stated in your other question about this subject, some employers will not hire a nurse or HHA for home care if they don't have reliable transportation. Some leave it to you how you get to and from work. Since we don't know what employer you are talking about, we don't know what to tell you.

[flod]

I was thinking maybe not many people have car in NYC so that whereas in other cities in the US they expect you to have a car, in NYC it might be different?

[Gentleman_nurse, MSN]

NYC has extensive public transportation. Parking in NYC is a hassle.

[flod]

So that means that NYC HHA are not expected to have a car, right?

[DoGoodThenGo]

While not "required" much will depend upon where you live and assignments take you.

In parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island public transportation is not "door to door" so to speak. You may have to take multiple buses and or subways (or both) to get to and from clients. If you are repeatedly late for assignments it is likely you will be terminated from an agency and or won't get much work. Where public transportation is lacking you have two choices really, drive yourself or hire a car service.

You can minimize some of these problems by moving to an area of NYC with good public transportation service and making it clear to whatever agency or agencies you sign up with you prefer assignments not be in areas off the beaten path.

[flod]

Is parking expensive in non-Manhattan NYC as well?

[Gentleman_nurse, MSN]

Paid parking is less expensive but expensive enough to take a bite out of a HHA salary.