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Int 0285-2026
| * | Farah N. Louis | | | Expanding the outreach and advocacy duties of the office of the utility advocate. | Introduction | This bill would amend the responsibilities of the Office of the Utility Advocate to include hosting public trainings on utility billing practices and affordability, educating utility customers about their rights, connecting utility customers with appropriate agencies or organizations to receive financial or other assistance, and alerting utility customers to actions by the Public Service Commission which may affect their utility rates. The Office would also be required to monitor and make recommendations on policy issues that may affect utility affordability. | | |
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Int 0286-2026
| * | Farah N. Louis | | | Outreach and education regarding deceptive and unconscionable trade practices involving cryptocurrency and other digital assets. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Consumer and Worker Protection to develop and conduct ongoing outreach and education to raise awareness of deceptive and unconscionable trade practices involving cryptocurrency and other digital assets. These efforts would include an overview of common deceptive and unconscionable trade practices, detection strategies, reporting procedures, and legal protections. Programs for the general public, young people, seniors, and documented and undocumented immigrants would be implemented. Outreach and education materials would be produced in English and New York City’s designated citywide languages and made available online. The Commissioner would focus outreach and education efforts during the month of October and update the programs and materials annually. | | |
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Int 0417-2026
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | | Posting of information relating to wage theft at construction sites. | Introduction | This local law would require construction sites post information, in a format developed by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), on such sites regarding how workers can file a wage theft complaint, as well as other information on worker rights as it pertains to protecting against wage theft. Such information would also be required to be posted in multiple languages as well. | | |
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Int 0685-2026
| * | Julie Menin | | | Establishing an office of insurance accountability. | Introduction | This bill would establish an Office of Insurance Accountability. The office would provide information on types of insurance and issue generalized guidance for consumers on selecting insurance plans; track legal actions alleging deceptive, fraudulent, or other unfair practices by insurance companies that harm consumers who purchase or seek to purchase insurance products and alert the public to relevant findings; conduct an annual study and issue reports on the cost of insurance and the factors that contribute to the cost of insurance; provide recommendations relating to stabilizing or lowering insurance costs; and create a unit to assist consumers in resolving insurance-related issues, headed by an insurance accountability advocate. | | |
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T2026-1531
| * | Yusef Salaam | | | A public outreach and education program regarding Hajj-related scams. | Introduction | This bill would direct the Commissioner of Consumer and Worker Protection, in consultation with the Chairperson of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the Director of the Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the Commissioner for the Aging, to establish and implement an ongoing outreach and education program for New York City residents about scams related to Hajj. The outreach and education would address fraudulent offers of travel, accommodation, and catering services and visas, and involve recommendation of practices for identifying fraud and booking related services. The involved agency heads would have to, at a minimum, develop and update informational materials and distribute them to the public and post them online. | | |
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T2026-1714
| * | Sandra Ung | | | Providing outreach and education on consumer protection issues that affect tourists. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) to establish and implement an outreach and education program to create awareness of common scams targeting and impacting tourists. The program would require DCWP to develop educational materials that include: identification of and safety tips for avoiding common scams; contact information for reporting scams in real time; and instructions for filing a consumer complaint with the department. Educational materials would be required to be posted on DCWP’s website in multiple languages and updated annually. This bill would also require DCWP to develop and distribute educational materials specifically targeted to tourists during the 2026 World Cup. Finally, the bill would make purely technical changes to the headings of four sections of the Administrative Code that established related outreach and education programs administered by DCWP. | | |
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Res 0387-2026
| * | Gale A. Brewer | | | Mitigate the rising cost of property insurance for affordable housing. (A.07828A/S.07939, A.9015 and A.9016A) | Resolution | | | |
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Res 0389-2026
| * | Eric Dinowitz | | | Automobile Insurance Consumer Information Act. (S.1196/A.3983) | Resolution | | | |
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Res 0395-2026
| * | Frank Morano | | | Prohibiting increases in rates of homeowners’ insurance in excess of twenty-five percent per year. (S.6356/A.4188) | Resolution | | | |
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