The NY Post has another expose showing that from 2006 until 2010 Bronx Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera placed her - then boyfriend in
charge of a nonprofit agency she controlled.
Not exact matches
When
charges were brought against Kaloyeros and others last fall, Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed Empire State Development, the state's chief economic development
agency, to assume responsibility for the projects
of FRMC and another
nonprofit affiliate that figures in the federal complaint.
A former New York State senator pleaded guilty on Wednesday to falsifying evidence in an attempt to cover up the theft
of taxpayer money from a
nonprofit agency that she founded, ending a prominent corruption case that included
charges in federal and state courts.
(1) Before executing a contract or agreement with or receiving money or other valuable consideration from a buyer, a credit services organization shall provide the buyer with a written statement containing: (a) A complete and detailed description
of the services to be performed by the credit services organization for the buyer and the total cost
of the services; (b) A statement explaining the buyer's right to proceed against the surety bond or surety account required by section 45 - 805; (c) The name and address
of the surety company that issued the bond or the name and address
of the depository and the trustee and the account number
of the surety account; (d) A complete and accurate statement
of the buyer's right to review any file on the buyer maintained by a consumer reporting
agency as provided by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; (e) A statement that the buyer's file is available for review at no
charge on request made to the consumer reporting
agency within thirty days after the date
of receipt
of notice that credit has been denied and that the buyer's file is available for a minimal
charge at any other time; (f) A complete and accurate statement
of the buyer's right to dispute directly with the consumer reporting
agency the completeness or accuracy
of any item contained in a file on the buyer maintained by the consumer reporting
agency; (g) A statement that accurate information can not be permanently removed from the files
of a consumer reporting
agency; (h) A complete and accurate statement
of when consumer information becomes obsolete and
of when consumer reporting
agencies are prevented from issuing reports containing obsolete information; and (i) A complete and accurate statement
of the availability
of nonprofit credit counseling services.
While this may seem like an obvious question, credit counselor Joseph Martin
of Take
Charge America, a national
nonprofit credit counseling
agency, says this question is crucial to ask right away.
«Credit Services Organization» does not include any
of the following: (i) a person authorized to make loans or extensions
of credit under the laws
of this State or the United States who is subject to regulation and supervision by this State or the United States, or a lender approved by the United States Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development for participation in a mortgage insurance program under the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1701 et seq.); (ii) a bank or savings and loan association whose deposits or accounts are eligible for insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, or a subsidiary
of such a bank or savings and loan association; (iii) a credit union doing business in this State; (iv) a
nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, [FN1] provided that such organization does not
charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to or upon the execution
of a contract or other agreement between the buyer and the
nonprofit organization; (v) a person licensed as a real estate broker by this state if the person is acting within the course and scope
of that license; (vi) a person licensed to practice law in this State acting within the course and scope
of the person's practice as an attorney; (vii) a broker - dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission acting within the course and scope
of that regulation; (viii) a consumer reporting
agency; and (ix) a residential mortgage loan broker or banker who is duly licensed under the Illinois Residential Mortgage License Act
of 1987.
Some
of the
agencies are
nonprofits that
charge non-fee rates, while others can be for - profit and include high fees.