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Consumer Affairs

Debt Collection Practices

A.2678 (AM Weinstein) / S.2454 (Sen. Savino) – The Consumer Credit Fairness Act, which would strengthen consumer protections in consumer debt collection proceedings.

  • Report in support of legislation with suggested  modifications by the Civil Court and Consumer Affairs Committees, reissued February 2013.
  • Letter to Sen. Schneiderman requesting that the Consumer Credit Fairness Act be placed on the Senate Codes Committee agenda, May 13, 2010.
  • Testimony of Chair of the Consumer Affairs Committee to the NYS Joint Assembly Committee Hearing “Consumer Protection in the Debt Collection and Debt Management Industries,” May 14, 2009.
  • Letter to Sen. Kruger requesting that the Consumer Credit Fairness Act be placed on the Senate Finance Committee agenda, June 10, 2010.
  • Letter to members of the Senate Rules Committee urging them to support the legislation, June 18, 2010.

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A.455 (AM Dinowitz) and S.219 (Sen. Squadron) – Requires that debt collection agencies be licensed by the state.

  • Report in support of legislation by the Consumer Affairs and Civil Court Committees, Updated and Reissued May 2013.

Debt Buyers

Intro 0660-2007 – a Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to buyers of consumer debt.

  • Report in support of legislation by the Civil Court and Consumer Affairs Committees, January 2009.
  • Signed into law by the Mayor - March 18, 2009

Debt Settlement

Profiteering From Financial Distress: An Examination Of The Debt Settlement Industry - Report from the Civil Court Committee and Consumer Affairs Committee, May 2012.

  • Press Release: "New York City Bar Association Calls for Tight Restrictions on Debt Settlement Services" - May 17, 2012

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S.2493 (Sen. Griffo) - would expand the definition of budget planning in include debt management and debt settlement and regulate the activities of budget planners.

  • Report opposing legislation by the Civil Court and Consumer Affairs Committees, Reissued March 2013.

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Testimony of the Civil Court Committee and Consumer Affairs Committee before the New York City Concil on Debt Settlement Companies, November 18, 2010. 

Process Servers

A.491 (AM Gibson) - concerning the rules regarding the regulation of process servers.

  • Report in support of legislation, with suggested modifications, by the Civil Court and Consumer Affairs Committees, June 2011.

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A.6640 (AM Brennan) / S.6649 (Sen. Schneiderman) - would provide for validity of service of process in certain circumstances. (2009/2010 Legislative Sessions)

  • Report in opposition to legislation by the Civil Court and Consumer Affairs Committees, June 2010.

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Report by the Civil Court Committee and Consumer Affairs Committee, "Out of Service: A Call to Fix the Broken Process Service Industry", April 2010.

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Intro 1037-A - a Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to process servers.

  • Report in support of legislation by the Civil Court and Consumer Affairs Committees, December 2009.

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Intro 6-A - a Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to process servers.

  • Testimony by the Consumer Affairs Committee in support of legislation, New York City Council Consumer Affairs Committee Hearing, March 2, 2010.
  • Letter to members of the City Council from the Consumer Affairs Commitee and Civil Courts Committee urging the passage of Intro 6-A, March 24, 2010.
  • Signed into law by the Mayor - March 24, 2010.

Short-Term Loans

A.1113-A (AM Heastie) / S.3999-A (Sen. Farley) - 'Short-Term Financial Services Loan Act,' which would allow check cashing establishments to make loans of between $300 and $2,000 to consumers, June 2011.

  • Report opposing legislation by the Consumer Affairs Commitee and Civil Courts Committee, April 2013.

 

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