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NYC Cracks Down on Employment Agency Violations Following City Limits’ Investigation

Thousands of local job hunters in recent years—in particular, those with low incomes who are not native English speakers—have paid illegal upfront fees to employment agencies, or received only partial refunds for what they paid despite not landing work, according to the city.

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection is cracking down on such violations, following 2023 reporting from City Limits that exposed how newly arrived immigrants and asylum seekers who’d turned to employment agencies for assistance were paying fees for jobs that never materialized.

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What's ahead this week in housing: Today at 10 a.m., the NYC Council’s General Welfare and Public Safety committees will hold an oversight hearing on the city’s handling of the recent extreme cold, and its Code Blue procedures for homeless outreach.

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