Congressman Goes After Spectrum Again Over Collection Practices
Anthony J. Brindisi for Clinton Record
Congressman Anthony Brindisi, D-22nd Dist. of Utica, is asking the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate the debt collection practices of internet and cable-TV company Spectrum. Brindisi told the head of the watchdog agency that constituents have told him they’ve canceled service and paid all they believed they owed only...
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