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Aids residents who have complaints of of health and home care facilities, including investigating such complaints once they are filed.

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Home Health Care Complaints
Health Facility Complaints
Adult Day Program Complaints
Prosecutes and defends the interests of New York State residents in areas including crime, consumerism, environment, public/charitable institutions, real estate, landlord/tenant rights, health care, etc. Offers a wide range of consumer guides and handles appropriate complaints or refer complainant to the correct government agency.Letitia James

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Consumer Assistance and Protection
Consumer Complaints
Legal Counseling
Consumer Education
Single Point of Access for Children and Families (C-SPOA). C-SPOA aims to: Reduce risk for out of home placement/hospitalization, Develop strategies to assist children, youth and their families in their home communities using an individualized, strength-based assessment. Develop better decisions about individualized care planning for children at risk. Assist with linkage to appropriate services.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Children's Residential Facility Complaints
Case / Care Management
Provides assistance for consumers who want to register complaints regarding quality of care received by medical professionals.

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Practitioner Complaints
Health Facility Complaints
Home Health Care Complaints
Adult Day Program Complaints
Insurance Complaints
Adult Residential Facility Complaints
Issues licenses to home improvement contractors and handles consumer complaints about work done in Suffolk County in these trades. Resolves home improvement complaints, division investigators advise consumers of their rights as well as offers CE courses. Call for more detailed information.

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Government Consumer Protection Agencies
Consumer Regulation
Consumer Complaints
Consumer Assistance and Protection
Consumer Services
Home Rehabilitation Services
A national organization to help reduce the number of injuries and deaths associated with consumer products. Investigates consumer complaints on product safety issues, negotiates recalls of defective consumer products and enforces the regulations that govern CPSC. Deals with consumer products except for automobiles, car seats, food and drugs. Provides a newsletter and educational material.

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Consumer Safety Standards
Food Safety Standards
Consumer Services
Volunteer Opportunities
Consumer Assistance and Protection
Consumer Complaints
Consumer Protection Agencies
Consumer Education
Aids residents who have complaints of of health and home care facilities, including investigating such complaints once they are filed.

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Home Health Care Complaints
Health Facility Complaints
Adult Day Program Complaints
Assists individuals with filing complaints and investigates problems regarding food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, tobacco, and biologic-based items. If any of these item are purchased and cause harm, have adverse effects which have not be fore-warned, or other problems occur due to seller or manufacturer error or neglect.

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Food Complaints
Cosmetics Complaints
Drug Complaints
Restaurant Complaints
Responsible for inspecting and testing all weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes in the county. Licenses and inspects all precious metals dealers in the county and registers all gasoline stations and distributors. Checks packaged commodities for weight compliance. Performs water contamination tests on all gasolines. Handles consumer complaints regarding inaccurate weighing and measuring devices, shortweight or shortmeasure purchases, and contaminated gasoline. Addresses inquires about the sale of fuel, oil, coal, firewood, or any other commodity sold by weight or measure. Call for detailed information.

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Government Consumer Protection Agencies
Consumer Services
Consumer Assistance and Protection
Heating Fuel Service Complaints
Consumer Regulation
Service Station Complaints
Consumer Complaints
Assists individuals who want to file a complaint about foundation-based, non-profits, consumer protection, and health care agencies, issues of safety, unethical behavior, etc.

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Government Consumer Protection Agencies
Hospital Complaints
Outpatient Clinic Complaints
Charitable Organization Complaints
Antitrust Complaints
* Accepts and investigates complaints and consumer fraud reports from individual consumers.

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Automobile Complaints
Consumer Protection Agencies
Disaster Related Fraud Reporting
General Consumer Complaints
Identity Theft Prevention
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Crime Investigation
State Attorneys General
Computer Complaints
Crime Victim Compensation
* Responsible for supervising charitable organizations to protect donors and recipients from dishonest practices in soliciting and managing charitable resources.* Supervises activity of foundations and other charities to ensure their funds and property are appropriately used and protect the community.* Maintains registry of charities and fundraising professionals.* Investigates complaints that include: Wrongdoing by charitable businesses, trusts, or other nonprofit organizations. Fraudulent or misleading solicitation and improper spending of money for charitable purposes. Inappropriate activities of executors, administrators, trustees, and personal representatives responsible for honoring pledges or gifts to charity.
* Offers assistance in filing complaints against debt collection agencies who have used unacceptable behavior.
Investigates and prosecutes professional misconduct or failure to meet expected standards of practice in all professions, including health programs, except medicine.

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Practitioner Complaints
Accountant Complaints
Engineer Complaints
Landscape Architect Complaints
Architect Complaints
Land Surveyor Complaints
Athletic Trainer Complaints
Investigates and prosecutes professional misconduct in all professions, including health programs, except medicine. Professional misconduct is failure to meet expected standards of practice. Covers 54 licensed professions.

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Nurse Complaints
Chiropractor Complaints
Pharmacist Complaints
Land Surveyor Complaints
Landscape Architect Complaints
Veterinarian Complaints
Dentist / Dental Support Personnel Complaints
Consumer Complaints
Educational Psychologist Complaints
Consumer Assistance and Protection
Engineer Complaints
Social Worker Complaints
Aids residents who have complaints of of health and home care facilities, including investigating such complaints once they are filed.

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Home Health Care Complaints
Health Facility Complaints
Adult Day Program Complaints
Registers motor vehicles, motorboats, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles. Licenses drivers, dealers, repair shops, inspection stations and driving schools, approves driver training programs and establishes uniformity in traffic regulations. Provides photo non-driver identification cards for all ages.

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Motor Vehicle Inspection Programs
Driver Licenses
Identification Cards
Automobile Complaints
Driving Safety Education
Disability Parking Permits
Driver License Testing Sites
Motor Vehicle Registration
Specialized Information and Referral
* Accepts and investigates complaints and consumer fraud reports from individual consumers.

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Automobile Complaints
Consumer Protection Agencies
Disaster Related Fraud Reporting
General Consumer Complaints
Identity Theft Prevention
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Crime Investigation
State Attorneys General
Computer Complaints
Crime Victim Compensation
Registers motor vehicles, motorboats, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles. Licenses drivers, dealers, repair shops, inspection stations and driving schools, approves driver training programs and establishes uniformity in traffic regulations. Provides photo non-driver identification cards for all ages.

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Identification Cards
Automobile Complaints
Disability Parking Permits
Driver Licenses
Motor Vehicle Registration
Specialized Information and Referral
Motor Vehicle Inspection Programs
Driver License Testing Sites
Driving Safety Education
* Provides a range of resources to help parents with their child care needs, people who want to start or are currently running child care programs, and anyone with a concern about the health or safety of a child in a day care program.

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Child Care Instruction
Facility Licensing
Child Care Complaints
Registers motor vehicles, motorboats, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles. Licenses drivers, dealers, repair shops, inspection stations and driving schools, approves driver training programs and establishes uniformity in traffic regulations. Provides photo non-driver identification cards for all ages.

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Driver License Testing Sites
Automobile Complaints
Motor Vehicle Inspection Programs
Disability Parking Permits
Motor Vehicle Registration
Identification Cards
Information and Referral
Driving Safety Education
Driver Licenses
Assists families with complaint applications regarding cemetery fraud, etc, and investigates these complaints.
Registers motor vehicles, motorboats, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles. Licenses drivers, dealers, repair shops, inspection stations and driving schools, approves driver training programs and establishes uniformity in traffic regulations. Provides photo non-driver identification cards for all ages.

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Identification Cards
Driving Safety Education
Specialized Information and Referral
Driver Licenses
Disability Parking Permits
Motor Vehicle Inspection Programs
Automobile Complaints
Driver License Testing Sites
Assists individuals who want to file a complaint about foundation-based, non-profits, consumer protection, and health care agencies, issues of safety, unethical behavior, etc.

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Government Consumer Protection Agencies
Hospital Complaints
Outpatient Clinic Complaints
Charitable Organization Complaints
Antitrust Complaints
Provides assistance for consumers who want to register complaints regarding quality of care received by medical professionals.

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Adult Day Program Complaints
Insurance Complaints
Adult Residential Facility Complaints
Nursing Facility Complaints
Hospital Complaints
Hospice Complaints
Health Maintenance Organization Complaints
Home Health Care Complaints