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Attorney General James Calls on Secretary of Education to Further Address Student Loan Crisis
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NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James, as part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general from around the nation, today took action to address the nation’s ongoing student loan crisis. In a letter to Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona, Attorney General James and the coalition urge additional reforms to ease the process of paying student loans, as well as to protect student loan borrowers from paying back debt to for-profit and now defunct colleges. Since taking office, in 2019, Attorney General James has returned more than $15.5 million to student loan borrowers.
Updated: 4:34 PM EDT March 31, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with 22 other attorneys general, are calling on U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona to address student loan debt.
In a letter to Cardona, the coalition of attorneys general are calling for additional reforms to ease the process of paying student loans. It also calls for protections for student loan borrowers from having to pay back funds to for-profit and now defunct colleges.
Additional policy actions requested in the letter include:
continuing to suspend student loan payments, as well as waiving interest fees, for as long as necessary;