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Jonathan Mintz, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer
Affairs since Mayor Bloomberg appointed him to the post in 2006, leads
the nation’s oldest and most powerful municipal consumer protection
agency dedicated to empowering consumers and businesses to ensure a fair
and vibrant marketplace. Regulating more than 71,000 businesses in 55
industries, Commissioner Mintz and his team have tackled large-scale
enforcement and litigation initiatives focused on ending industry-wide
deceptive practices in the consumer marketplace. He launched the
Department’s Office of Financial Empowerment, the country’s first local
government initiative aimed expressly at educating, empowering, and
protecting those with low incomes so they can build assets and make the
most of their financial resources. This unique approach to leveraging
the powers and opportunities of municipal government in the field of
asset building has been replicated in cities across the country through
Mayor Bloomberg’s Cities for Financial Empowerment Coalition, founded
and co-chaired by the Commissioner. The Commissioner’s years as an
attorney, a law professor and even a Second grade teacher have
contributed to his commitment to educating consumers and businesses
about their rights and responsibilities in our complex marketplace.
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