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Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, medicaid, landord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

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Consumer Fraud Reporting
Insurance Fraud Reporting
State Attorneys General
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Provides county-wide police patrol and criminal investigations. Offers various crime prevention programs and education and general information covering law enforcement. Accepts reports of consumer fraud and criminal acts. Maintains an underage drinking tip line.

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Law Enforcement Complaints
General Crime Prevention Programs
Crime Investigation
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Law Enforcement Community Engagement / Outreach
General Crime Reporting
Sheriff
Provides county-wide police patrol and criminal investigations. Offers various crime prevention programs and education and general information covering law enforcement. Accepts reports of consumer fraud and criminal acts. Maintains an underage drinking tip line.

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Law Enforcement Complaints
General Crime Prevention Programs
Crime Investigation
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Law Enforcement Community Engagement / Outreach
General Crime Reporting
Sheriff
Accepts and investigates consumer fraud reports including reports about charities and nonprofits. Also the state counsel and Medicaid fraud unit. Provides assistance to victims of crimes that happened within New York State.

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Welfare Fraud Reporting
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
General Consumer Complaints
Crime Victim Compensation
State Attorneys General
Government Consumer Protection Agencies
Accepts and investigates consumer fraud reports including reports about charities and nonprofits. Also the state counsel and Medicaid fraud unit. Provides assistance to victims of crimes that happened within New York State.

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Welfare Fraud Reporting
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
General Consumer Complaints
Crime Victim Compensation
State Attorneys General
Government Consumer Protection Agencies
The County Sheriff's Office provides county-wide police patrol, criminal investigations, service to the youth and elderly in the community, operates the County Corrections facility, provides court security and handles civil processes.

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Law Enforcement Complaints
General Crime Prevention Programs
Crime Investigation
Sheriff
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Law Enforcement Community Engagement / Outreach
General Crime Reporting
Operates a toll-free consumer complaint phone line and a website, to help residents with Identity theft, credit card fraud, and other consumer fraud issues, will mediate with businesses about consumer complaints.
Provides information, assistance, referrals and services to ensure the rights of older adults, including prevention of abuse and neglect, assistance with consumer fraud and scams, and assistance with advance directives (wills, health care proxies and powers of attorney).

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Medicaid Appeals / Complaints
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Elder Law
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Grandparent Rights
Living Wills
Provides information, assistance, referrals and services to ensure the rights of older adults, including prevention of abuse and neglect, assistance with consumer fraud and scams, and assistance with advance directives (wills, health care proxies and powers of attorney).

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Medicaid Appeals / Complaints
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Elder Law
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Grandparent Rights
Living Wills
Offers information about the postal service and where to find locations, report concerns or mail fraud, including getting passport information and applications.

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Postal Service Complaints
Private Mail Services
Passports
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Bulk Mailing Services
Courier Services
Sexually Explicit Mail Forms
Post Offices
Dedicated to resolving complaints, enforcing Suffolk County Code, obtaining restitution for Suffolk County Consumers and licensing specific businesses within Suffolk County. Call for detailed information and services offered.

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Consumer Education
Consumer Regulation
Consumer Assistance and Protection
Consumer Complaints
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Reviews and mediates complaints from individual consumers. Also provides information to consumers and seeks to ensure a fair and vigorous market place. The Bureau also drafts legislation and conducts studies and writes reports on emerging consumer problems and issues.

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Consumer Fraud Reporting
Rent Control Enforcement
Identity Theft Reporting / Recovery Programs
Regional Office of the New York Attorney General serving Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming Counties. Helps citizens by protecting consumers and investors, charitable donors, the public health and environment, and the rights of wage-earners and businesses. Bureaus represented in the office include: Consumer Frauds and Public Advocacy, Charities and Not-for-Profits, Criminal Prosecutions, Environmental Protection, Organized Crime Task Force, Public Integrity, State Counsel and Litigation, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and the Sex Offender Management Bureau.

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Consumer Fraud Reporting
Charitable Organization Complaints
Consumer Protection Agencies
Charitable Organization Registration
State Attorneys General
General Consumer Complaints
* Helps people get answers to questions about supports and services for individuals with developmental disabilities in New York State. It is also used to take complaints of alleged misconduct, fraud, waste and abuse in the service system.

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Consumer Fraud Reporting
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides information on consumer issues or complaints. Types of complaints handled: Internet, telephone scams, telemarketing, warranties, credit, deceptive advertising, mail order, scholarship scams, office supply scams, franchise, investment scams, identity theft, and funeral complaints.

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Credit Card Fraud Reporting
Fraud Prevention
Telemarketing Fraud Reporting
Internet Fraud Reporting
Pyramid/Ponzi Scheme Fraud Reporting
Mail Fraud Reporting
* Helps consumers through information, complaint mediation, and regulatory policy.

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Consumer Protection Agencies
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, Medicaid, landlord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

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Consumer Fraud Reporting
Welfare Fraud Reporting
Insurance Fraud Reporting
State Attorneys General
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Coordinates statewide investigation and prosecution of law enforcement actions involving the Internet, primarily fraudulent, deceptive or otherwise illegal conduct online: consumer complaint form posted on the Attorney General's website responds to inquires from other bureaus and governmental and law enforcement agencies reviews and prepares legislation to keep laws current with Internet development
The County Sheriff's Office provides county-wide police patrol, criminal investigations, service to the youth and elderly in the community, operates the County Corrections facility, provides court security and handles civil processes.

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General Crime Prevention Programs
Law Enforcement Complaints
Crime Investigation
Sheriff
General Crime Reporting
Law Enforcement Community Engagement / Outreach
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Provides access to local law enforcement agencies to help take statements or to provide protection during emergencies.

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Identity Theft Reporting / Recovery Programs
Child Sexual Exploitation Reporting
Human Trafficking Reporting
Cyberbullying Reporting
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Crime Investigation
Provides county-wide police patrol, criminal investigations, service to the youth and elderly in the community, operates the County Corrections facility, provides court security and handles civil processes.

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Law Enforcement Complaints
General Crime Prevention Programs
General Crime Reporting
Crime Investigation
Sheriff
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Child Identification Cards
Identification Cards
House Numbers
Child Fingerprinting
Law Enforcement Community Engagement / Outreach
Accepts and responds to consumer complaints including gas gouging complaints and works to settle disputes and represents consumer interests before the Public Service Commission (PSC). Also develops educational programs and materials informing consumers of their rights regarding scam alerts; refunds, rebates and rain checks; identity theft and protection; do not call; and product safety and injury protection.

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Government Consumer Protection Agencies
General Consumer Complaints
Consumer Fraud Reporting
* Accepts and investigates complaints and consumer fraud reports from individual consumers.

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Computer Complaints
General Consumer Complaints
Disaster Related Fraud Reporting
State Attorneys General
Crime Victim Compensation
Automobile Complaints
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Consumer Protection Agencies
Crime Investigation
Identity Theft Prevention
Reviews and mediates complaints from individual consumers. Also provides information to consumers and seeks to ensure a fair and vigorous market place. The Bureau also drafts legislation and conducts studies and writes reports on emerging consumer problems and issues.

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Rent Control Enforcement
Identity Theft Reporting/Recovery Programs
Consumer Fraud Reporting
* Accepts and investigates complaints and consumer fraud reports from individual consumers.

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Computer Complaints
General Consumer Complaints
Disaster Related Fraud Reporting
State Attorneys General
Crime Victim Compensation
Automobile Complaints
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Consumer Protection Agencies
Crime Investigation
Identity Theft Prevention