Provides assistance to state residents on consumer issues, and and assists with filing complaints. Also offers educational outreach presentations which focus on identity theft prevention, mitigation, avoiding scams and more.

Consumer Protection receives and investigates complaints, initiates investigations of fraud and/or unfair dealings. Public education on consumer frauds and scams.

Publishes Consumer reports, anunbiased source of reviews about products and services. Also has programs about financial privacy.

Reviews and mediates complaints from individual consumers. Also provides information to consumers and seeks to ensure a fair and vigorous market place. The Bureau also drafts legislation and conducts studies and writes reports on emerging consumer problems and issues.

Provides information on consumer issues or complaints. Types of complaints handled: Internet, telephone scams, telemarketing, warranties, credit, deceptive advertising, mail order, scholarship scams, office supply scams, franchise, investment scams, identity theft, and funeral complaints.

* Helps consumers through information, complaint mediation, and regulatory policy.

Prosecutes businesses and individuals engaged in fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or illegal trade practices.

* Accepts and investigates complaints and consumer fraud reports from individual consumers.

Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, medicaid, landord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

Accepts and investigates consumer fraud reports including reports about charities and nonprofits. Also the state counsel and Medicaid fraud unit. Provides assistance to victims of crimes that happened within New York State.

Provides county-wide police patrol and criminal investigations. Offers various crime prevention programs and education and general information covering law enforcement. Accepts reports of consumer fraud and criminal acts. Maintains an underage drinking tip line.

The Office for the Aging offers many services for the senior residents of Steuben County including, but not limited to, information and referral, nutrition through congregate meals, advocacy, support groups, transportation services, caregiver services, case management, and the Bone Builders and Senior Meal Programs. Bone Builders and the Senior Dinner Clubs are overseen by Pro Action of Steuben-Yates.

Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, Medicaid, landlord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

Provides assistance to state residents on consumer issues, and and assists with filing complaints. Also offers educational outreach presentations which focus on identity theft prevention, mitigation, avoiding scams and more.

Provides information to educate the public on fraudulent activities and about companies who have been exposed to have unethical business practices.

Reviews and mediates complaints from individual consumers. Also provides information to consumers and seeks to ensure a fair and vigorous market place. The Bureau also drafts legislation and conducts studies and writes reports on emerging consumer problems and issues.

Reviews and mediates complaints from individual consumers. Also provides information to consumers and seeks to ensure a fair and vigorous market place. The Bureau also drafts legislation and conducts studies and writes reports on emerging consumer problems and issues.

Accepts and investigates consumer fraud reports including reports about charities and nonprofits. Also the state counsel and Medicaid fraud unit. Provides assistance to victims of crimes that happened within New York State.

Accepts and investigates consumer fraud reports including reports about charities and nonprofits. Also the state counsel and Medicaid fraud unit. Provides assistance to victims of crimes that happened within New York State.

Carries out functions of the Attorney General's office in the Central New York, such as: supervising the Organized Crime Task Force protecting consumers against fraud safeguarding civil and workers' rights condemning property collecting the state's debts

* Accepts and investigates complaints and consumer fraud reports from individual consumers.

Provides county-wide police patrol and criminal investigations. Offers various crime prevention programs and education and general information covering law enforcement. Accepts reports of consumer fraud and criminal acts.

Provides information, assistance, referrals and services to ensure the rights of older adults, including prevention of abuse and neglect, assistance with consumer fraud and scams, and assistance with advance directives (wills, health care proxies and powers of attorney).

Provides county-wide police patrol, criminal investigations, service to the youth and elderly in the community, operates the County Corrections facility, provides court security and handles civil processes.

Offers limited assistance with consumer issues, hospital patient rights, landlord/tenant disputes, Medicare/Medicaid, SSA and SSI issues. The attorney may be able to provide court representation. Help is not available for criminal matters.