A Honduran immigrant who claims a Brooklyn car salesman conned him into buying three cars he could not afford can seek damages from the bank that financed one of the purchases, a state appeals panel said yesterday.

The federal Truth in Lending Act did not preempt various state law claims against the lender, National Cooperative Bank (NCB) Justice James M. Catterson (See Profile) wrote for a unanimous Appellate Division, First Department, panel in Ramirez v. National Cooperative Bank, 403136/09.