Int 1510-2025
Student loan financial counseling program.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Consumer and Worker Protectionintroduced 2025-12-18
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2025-12-18Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to create and run a program to provide individualized counseling to individuals about federal and state student loan forgiveness programs in consultation with the Department of Citywide Administration.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection — Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and Office of Nightlife.
How it compares
28% of similar bills passed
14 passed · 36 died
This bill: 12 days in committee
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Sponsors (4)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2025-12-18 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Memorandum in Support
- Summary of Int. No. 1510
- Int. No. 1510
- Dedember 18, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-18-25
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 11 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 20-1102 to read as follows:
� 20-1102 Student loan counseling program. a. The commissioner shall establish, in consultation with the commissioner of citywide administrative services, a program to provide counseling to individuals in the city about such individual's eligibility for the federal and state student loan forgiveness programs described in the notice prepared under section 12-211. Such program shall be available to individuals with an existing student loan and to such other individuals as the commissioner deems eligible.
b. Nothing in this section or the administration or application thereof shall be construed to create a private right of action on the part of any person or entity against the city or any agency, official, or employee thereof.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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