NYCAPS ESS login: If you are the user who is eligible to gain access to the Nycaps ESS portal, then there are two ways of doing it. One should be followed at the work area/office area and the other one is at home. If you want to view the Nycaps ESS portal at your office then the URL you have to use is www.cityshare.nycnet/ess. If you want to view your payslips at your home then the URL is www.nyc.gov/ess. Even if you use two different URL's for the same purpose the information contained at the Nycaps ESS remains the same. By default, Nycaps ESS has the already username and the password for its recruits. The user should have the employee id ready with them to access the ess portal. Once you are ready with your employee id/reference number then you also need to have your SSN number with you. The username for you Nycaps ess account is your 7 digit employee id and you have to enter your employee id in the username field provided at the Nycaps ESS portal. Now your password follows a format which you must remember carefully. Your Nycaps ESS password will have the last two digits of your SSN followed by underscore, which is then succeeded by the first three letters of your birth followed by your birth date including zero and finally culminates with your birth year. If your SSN number 1122334455 and you were born in October 5th in the year 1998. Then your Nycaps ESS password will 55_OCT051998. Now once you are logged into the Nycaps ESS website by using your default username and password, you can simply change your username and password directly by using the options available at the ess portal. Incase if you have forgotten your password then click on the forgot password link which is present at the Nycaps ESS portal. Once you click on it, the portal asks you to answer the security questions which you have set while creating a Nycaps ESS account. As soon as you answer the security questions perfectly you will be able to change your password and username instantly. If you happen to forget the security questions then you may have to contact the NYCAPS central. If you are not provided with a computer at your work then you can use your personal computer to view the payslips of Nycaps ESS or you can use some public place computers viz library to view your payslips. Also make sure to check whether there is any computer available at your work which can be used generally by the employees to check for the Nycaps ESS payslips. Since Nycaps ESS is operated 24 hours a day, there is no need for you worry about the time of accessing the portal.