Consumer Protection
Defending victims of abusive and deceptive lending and debt collection practices to ensure future financial stability.
NYLAG’s consumer protection and foreclosure prevention attorneys work to eradicate abusive debt collection practices, lending violations, and fraud that create barriers to education, job mobility, stable housing, and, in some cases, safety for our clients. Our work promotes the long-term financial security of families with low incomes and aims to stop the cycle of debt and poverty.
$3.3M
saved in consumer cases last year
Services
Our advocacy helps individuals and families achieve long-term financial security. Here are some of the legal issues our lawyers can address:
- Defending clients in credit card, student loan, auto lending, medical, and student loan debt proceedings
- Advocating for victims of debt and loan scams
- Fighting against unjust foreclosure and lending practices
- Assisting clients in filing for a Chapter 7 consumer bankruptcy discharge
- Bringing impact cases to stop predatory debt collection and consumer fraud
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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.
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 about ASA’s history of predatory marketing practices targeting immigrant students.
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 deceptive marketing and advertising.
