Debt Collectors Freeze Funds Of New Yorkers Struggling In Pandemic (The City)

The City, May 1, 2020

Debt Collectors Freeze Funds Of New Yorkers Struggling In Pandemic

In late April, the New York City Bar Association asked the governor to place a moratorium on all enforcement of consumer debt money judgments. Shanna Tallarico, a consumer debt attorney with New York Legal Assistance Group and the chair of the bar committee that worked on the issue, said that even during normal circumstances, debt collection is “a threat to people’s stability.” Now, with “a record amount of people out of work,” she says, Cuomo’s action is needed urgently.

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