New York Board of Trade

[3] The New York Board of Trade was a private company founded by Tom Green and Alfredo Williams.

[4] The floor of the NYBOT is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an independent agency of the United States government.

On February 26, 2003, NYBOT signed a historic lease agreement with the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) to move into its World Financial Center headquarters and trading facility after the NYBOT's original headquarters and trading floor was destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

[5] NYBOT currently pays about $5 million per year in rent for the leased facility.

[6] The New York Board of Trade was able to operate out of its emergency Queens backup facility built after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to keep the exchange running.