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Consumer Protection Unit

NYLAG’S Jessica Ranucci Receives National Recognition for Consumer Protection Work

The National Consumer Law Center’s Partners Council selected the Impact Litigation attorney as a 2023 Rising Star for her work taking on predatory, for-profit schools and ...
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Consumer Protection Unit

NY Focus: For Scandal-Plagued For-Profit Colleges, No State Is More Welcoming Than New York

NYLAG's Jessica Ranucci was interviewed for this piece from New York Focus on New York State's tuition subsidies for poorly-performing for-profit colleges.
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Consumer Protection Unit

Facing Collapse, For-Profit ASA College Makes Troubling Moves

In December, NYLAG’s Jessica Ranucci spoke to the Republic Report about NYLAG’s advocacy for students left in turmoil after their for-profit college lost its accreditation. ...
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Consumer Protection Unit

Testimony: Student Debt is a Barrier to Generational Wealth

Higher education should be an investment in future financial stability, but for many, student debt is often an obstacle to building wealth. NYLAG’s Shanna Tallarico ...
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Consumer Protection Unit

The Long Troubled ASA College Loses its Accreditation

On November 11, 2022, ASA College, the subject of a NYLAG class action lawsuit in 2014, lost its accreditation. NYLAG’s Jessica Ranucci spoke with Documented ...
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Consumer Protection Unit

Troubled ASA College Loses Accreditation

The Republic Report covers how for-profit ASA College lost its accreditation after repeated accusations, from NYLAG and other advocates, of preying on vulnerable immigrants with ...
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Consumer Protection Unit

Testimony: The Impact of Deed Theft and Real Estate Scams

NYLAG Supervising Attorney Noelle Eberts testified to the New York State Senate Committee on Housing, Construction & Community Development about the prevalence and impact of ...
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Consumer Protection Unit

For-Profit ASA College Deceived Immigrant Students, NYC Says

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection found that advertisements made by the for-profit ASA college violated the City’s Consumer Protection Law by preying on ...
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Consumer Protection Unit

Deed Theft in Brooklyn Targets the Most Vulnerable

NYLAG's Noelle Eberts spoke to Prism about the increase in deed theft and real estate scams against Black and brown homeowners in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.
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Consumer Protection Unit

Bill to Stop Foreclosures Heads to Hochul, Under Heavy Pushback from Banks

NYLAG's Julie Howe spoke to New York Focus about how clients have been impacted by a New York Court of Appeals decision that reopened hundreds ...
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