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CONSUMER ASSISTANCE UNIT | NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF CONSUMER PROTECTION

1 Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY 12210

Eligibility

New York State residents

Hours

Agency requests client call for details
(800) 697-1220
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Main

(518) 486-4852
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Main

(518) 474-8583
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Main

Languages

Spanish

Application process

Call for Information

Fees

None/Not Applicable

Service area

NY
Operates a toll-free consumer complaint phone line and a website, to help residents with Identity theft, credit card fraud, and other consumer fraud issues, will mediate with businesses about consumer complaints.

Last assured

04/23/2024

Providing organization

NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF CONSUMER PROTECTION
The New York Department of State Division of Consumer Protection core mission is to protect New Yorkers by publicizing unscrupulous and questionable business practices and product recalls, conducting investigations and hearings, enforcing the Do Not Call Law, researching issues, developing legislation, creating consumer education programs and materials, responding to individual marketplace complaints by securing voluntary agreements, and, representing the interests of consumers before the Public Service Commission PSC and other State and federal agencies.