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AG Report: Telemarketers Pocket Lots of Charity Dough

By Allison Dunne

Albany, NY – New York's Attorney General has put out his annual report on the fund-raising activities of non-profit corporations. The findings show less than one-third of the money raised by professional telemarketing campaigns actually goes to the charities. WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne has more.