Details Meeting Name: Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/15/2025 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on Immigration Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (8) 8 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2025-3175 *       Oversight – Combating Immigration Services Fraud. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2025-3175 *       Oversight – Combating Immigration Services Fraud. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0205-2024 * Shahana K. Hanif     Outreach about fraudulent schemes committed by providers of immigration assistance services. Introduction The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection is required to conduct outreach and education about fraudulent schemes committed by providers of immigration assistance services. This bill would require the outreach to include information about common fraudulent schemes and how to avoid them and to be conducted through specific media, including internet and subway advertisements. Outreach materials would also be distributed in public places. The bill would also require the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to report annually on its outreach and education efforts as well as complaints and inspections related to providers of immigration assistance services. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0205-2024 * Shahana K. Hanif     Outreach about fraudulent schemes committed by providers of immigration assistance services. Introduction The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection is required to conduct outreach and education about fraudulent schemes committed by providers of immigration assistance services. This bill would require the outreach to include information about common fraudulent schemes and how to avoid them and to be conducted through specific media, including internet and subway advertisements. Outreach materials would also be distributed in public places. The bill would also require the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to report annually on its outreach and education efforts as well as complaints and inspections related to providers of immigration assistance services. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0980-2024 * Julie Won     Requiring a notice on advertisements of immigration assistance services and increasing penalties for violations of requirements that apply to immigration assistance services. Introduction This bill would increase civil penalties for immigration assistance service providers that do not comply with applicable requirements, such as the requirement to execute a written contract with customers, the requirement to include specific language in signage and advertisements, the requirement to retain documents, and the requirement to maintain a surety. The civil penalties would be at least $5,000 and no more than $10,000 for a first violation, and for each succeeding violation, the penalty would be at least $10,000 and no more than $15,000, except that, for violations related to prohibited conduct and guaranteeing any particular governmental action on advertisements, the civil penalties would be at least $7,500 and no more than $10,000 for the first violation and, for each succeeding violation, the penalty would be at least $18,000 and no more than $20,000. The bill would also clarify that immigration assistance service providers who advertise services via images, as well as by signs, pamphlets, newspapers, and any other means, must post or include with the advertisement a legally required notice of the services they are not authorized to provide. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0980-2024 * Julie Won     Requiring a notice on advertisements of immigration assistance services and increasing penalties for violations of requirements that apply to immigration assistance services. Introduction This bill would increase civil penalties for immigration assistance service providers that do not comply with applicable requirements, such as the requirement to execute a written contract with customers, the requirement to include specific language in signage and advertisements, the requirement to retain documents, and the requirement to maintain a surety. The civil penalties would be at least $5,000 and no more than $10,000 for a first violation, and for each succeeding violation, the penalty would be at least $10,000 and no more than $15,000, except that, for violations related to prohibited conduct and guaranteeing any particular governmental action on advertisements, the civil penalties would be at least $7,500 and no more than $10,000 for the first violation and, for each succeeding violation, the penalty would be at least $18,000 and no more than $20,000. The bill would also clarify that immigration assistance service providers who advertise services via images, as well as by signs, pamphlets, newspapers, and any other means, must post or include with the advertisement a legally required notice of the services they are not authorized to provide. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available                     Not available