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The New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB) is a former government agency of the State of New York that was responsible for protecting, educating and representing consumers. On March 31, 2011, Part A of Chapter 62 of the Laws of 2011 merged the CPB into the New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) creating a new Division of Consumer ...
Bess Myerson was appointed by Mayor John Lindsay as the first commissioner of the Department for Consumer Affairs in 1969. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2019, the agency changed its name to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, expanding its role to protect workplace safety, paid sick leave laws, and freelancer protection.
The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), formerly the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) enforces consumer protection laws, licenses businesses, deals with consumer complaints, participates in consumer education, as well as workplace safety, paid sick leave enforcement, and freelancer protection.
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Commissioner of Public Markets, Weights, and Measures - this department was renamed the Department of Markets, and later was merged with the Department of Licenses to form the Department of Consumer Affairs on September 10, 1968. New York City Commissioner of Records and Information Services [28] New York City Commissioner of Sanitation [29]
By Emily Jane Fox NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Apartments crawling with bedbugs. Pricey phone services the customer -- senior citizens -- didn't order. A tombstone never delivered. And, of course, auto ...
In 1979 the Taxpayer Ombudsman Office was created within the Internal Revenue Service to act as an ombudsman for the taxpayer. [2] Renamed in 1996 as the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate, this office has a unique role with the Treasury Department as having the responsibility to submit annual reports to Congress without any prior review or comment from the IRS Commissioner, the Secretary of the ...
The NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) is a civilian oversight agency with jurisdiction over the New York City Police Department (NYPD), the largest police force in the United States. A board of the Government of New York City, the CCRB is tasked with investigating, mediating and prosecuting complaints of misconduct on the part of the NYPD.