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Reporting a Record $48 Million in Abandoned Funds, DiNapoli Urges Residents To Use Up Gift Cards

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Got gift cards? New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli urgers New Yorkers to make sure to redeem them. KITTY MERRILL

Got gift cards? New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli urgers New Yorkers to make sure to redeem them. KITTY MERRILL

Got gift cards? New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli urgers New Yorkers to make sure to redeem them. KITTY MERRILL

Got gift cards? New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli urgers New Yorkers to make sure to redeem them. KITTY MERRILL

Kitty Merrill on Jan 9, 2023
Use ’em or lose ’em. Or, more accurately, end up giving them to the state. Reporting a record $48 million in abandoned gift cards turned over to the Office of... more

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