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Assists families with complaint applications regarding cemetery fraud, etc, and investigates these complaints.

Assist consumers with complaints and investigates such complaints of consumer goods, home improvement contractors, item pricing, motor fuel quality, etc., and takes appropriate action.

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.

Inmate look-up, parolee look-up, and most-wanted look-up information. Help in filing complaints against mistreatment of individuals who are incarcerated. Re-entry program which assist in a smooth transition in returning home from prison with housing, mental health and medical treatment and services, and more. Assist individuals to find out about parole processing and appeals.

Investigates and prosecutes professional misconduct or failure to meet expected standards of practice in all professions, including health programs, except medicine.

Operates programs that protect the public from adulterated food, unhealthy living conditions and health nuisances. The department is also responsible for enforcing the Suffolk County Sanitary Code and the Local Laws of Suffolk County. The Bureau of Public Health Protection is comprised of five units: Food Protection, General Sanitation, Radiation Control, Temporary Residences, and Training & Plan Review. The Bureau of Public Health Protection covers a wide range of services including: Food Protection (Food Permits Food Safety Training, Food Manager Course, Restaurant Inspection Database); Temporary Residences (Hotels/Motels/Cottages, Migrant Farm worker Housing, Mobile Home Park, Children Camps/Campgrounds); General Sanitation (Garbage Storage, Sewage Overflow, Animal Manure, Vermin Infestation, Inadequate Heat/Utilities); Body Art Establishments (Article 14, Certification, Course Schedule, Resource Materials); Petting Zoos (Article 17, Permits, Bites, Zoonotic Disease); Radiation Control (X-Ray Equipment, Exposure, Release of Materials, Sampling, Transportation); Enforcement (Formal Hearings, Stipulations, Fines) and Children's Camps & Campgrounds (Inspections, State Resources). Call for detailed information.

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.

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.Satellite Offices (Rensselaer County Residents ONLY)Hoosick Falls SiteJohn J. Murphy Senior Center, Hoosick Falls, NY 12090Wednesday, 10 AM - 2 PM

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.

Provides advocacy and resources for older adults and persons with disabilities who lives in nursing homes, assisted living, and other licensed adult care homes as well as behavioral health services.

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.

Provides specially trained volunteers (ombudsman) who work to resolve complaints on behalf of residents of long-term care facilities, assist in the protection of their rights, assist family members, encourage participation in resident councils, and establish good working relations with the facility's administration and staff. Volunteers make regular visits to assigned facilities and are available to residents and family members who have questions or concerns. Volunteers are professionally supervised, and trained.

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.

Reviews customer issues regarding home improvements, furniture purchases and misleading advertisements. Investigators are assigned to all cases which fall within the jurisdiction of the department. Consumer Complaints also monitors the proper disclosure of refund policies in response to complaints and investigates to ensure compliance with the County's Deceptive Trade Practices regulation. Intake personnel verify the licensing status of contractors and supply callers with information regarding the amount of complaints against a company within the past 5 years and if the complaints are open or closed. Call for more detailed information.

Prosecutes and defends the interests of New York State residents in areas including crimes, 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.Letita James

Helps parents find day care providers by name, type of facility, county or zip code online or by phone. Also helps parents who have complaints about a child care facility.

Handles Civil Court: jurisdiction limited to damages up to $15,000, Small Claims Court - simplified procedure, damages up to $5,000, Landlord & Tenant Court - housing proceedings and evictions, Town Ordinance offenses and Community Court offenses prosecuted by the Towns.

Handles Civil Court: jurisdiction limited to damages up to $15,000, Small Claims Court - simplified procedure, damages up to $5,000, Landlord & Tenant Court - housing proceedings and evictions, Town Ordinance offenses and Community Court offenses prosecuted by the Towns.

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.

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.

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

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.

Helpline dedicated to answer questions about financial institutions complaints, such as banks, credit unions, lending institutions, and safe deposit companies. Help with report a problem with a financial institution.

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.