Details Meeting Name: Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 11/17/2022 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on State and Federal Legislation. Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (8) 8 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2022-2206 *       Oversight - Student Debt as a Barriers to Generational Wealth. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2022-2206 *       Oversight - Student Debt as a Barriers to Generational Wealth. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0366-2022 * Marjorie Velázquez     Dept of consumer and worker protection to report on public use of the department’s financial empowerment centers and student debt distress in the city. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Consumer and Worker Protections to report on the public’s use of its Financial Empowerment Centers, including statistics for services contracted out to external providers. The bill also requires the Department to report on student loan debt distress in New York City and to make the underlying data used for such report available on the New York City Open Data portal. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0366-2022 * Marjorie Velázquez     Dept of consumer and worker protection to report on public use of the department’s financial empowerment centers and student debt distress in the city. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Consumer and Worker Protections to report on the public’s use of its Financial Empowerment Centers, including statistics for services contracted out to external providers. The bill also requires the Department to report on student loan debt distress in New York City and to make the underlying data used for such report available on the New York City Open Data portal. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0621-2022 * Ari Kagan     Banning companies that charge a fee for “student debt relief” already provided by the federal government. Introduction This law is intended to ban businesses that offer student debt relief services for a fee. These businesses profit by charging vulnerable individuals exorbitant monthly fees for acting as middlemen in accessing services that are otherwise free from the federal government (with a phone call). The federal Department of Education has identified this practice as a “scam” and has warned holders of federal student loans about these businesses. This law also bans advertisements on behalf of such businesses and also includes a civil cause of action for individuals who fall victim to such businesses. These businesses typically advertise with signage in store front windows with a phone number to call. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0621-2022 * Ari Kagan     Banning companies that charge a fee for “student debt relief” already provided by the federal government. Introduction This law is intended to ban businesses that offer student debt relief services for a fee. These businesses profit by charging vulnerable individuals exorbitant monthly fees for acting as middlemen in accessing services that are otherwise free from the federal government (with a phone call). The federal Department of Education has identified this practice as a “scam” and has warned holders of federal student loans about these businesses. This law also bans advertisements on behalf of such businesses and also includes a civil cause of action for individuals who fall victim to such businesses. These businesses typically advertise with signage in store front windows with a phone number to call. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available                     Not available