PUBLISHED: Wednesday, March 18, 2020

When medical and student debt goes beyond hitting a collection agency who sends you those letters trying to collect, it goes to New York Attorney General Letitia James. During the time of coronavirus/COVID-19, she doesn’t want to collect, and has temporarily suspended medical and student debt referred to her office for 30 days, through April 15, 2020, as reported by ABC News.

She said via a statement: “In this time of crisis, my office will not add undue stress or saddle New Yorkers with unnecessary financial burden. New Yorkers need to focus on keeping themselves safe and healthy from the coronavirus, and therefore can rest assured that state medical and student debt referred to my office will not be collected against them for at least 30 days."