News & Events
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STATEMENT: National Coalition of Civil Rights, Community Groups from Payday Loan-Free States Celebrates Enova Withdrawal, Calls on Regulators to Drop Oppfi Bank Bid
The Stop Taking Our Pay Coalition, a broad based alliance of civil rights organizations, community groups, community development credit unions, and faith leaders from the 21 states that ban payday lending, celebrates the announcement that predatory payday lender Enova International has withdrawn its bid to become a national bank, following strong opposition from coalition members…
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Queens Ledger: COPA Inches Closer to Law as Support Builds in City Council
Speaking before her colleagues on the City Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings on Wednesday, September 9, the Bushwick councilmember once again delivered the opening testimony for the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) — her landmark bill that would empower trusted nonprofits to acquire distressed apartment buildings before corporate real estate can.
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City Limits: Is It Finally COPA’s Year?
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), which would give some tenants and community groups pathways to bid early on certain buildings that go up for sale, finally has support of Council, city housing officials, and the mayor.
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Tenants, Community Groups, Electeds Rally At City Hall for the Community Opportunity To Purchase Act (COPA) As Council Holds Key Hearing
More than 150 tenants, community groups and elected officials rallied on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday morning, calling on the City Council to pass the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA (Intro 905), sponsored by Council Member Sandy Nurse. The action preceded a key City Council hearing on the bill, at which…
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The City Reporter: East New York Residents Try Buying Back Their Neighborhood, One Lot At a Time
Debra Ack beamed with pride as she looked at the two-story brown brick warehouse on Jamaica Avenue in East New York.
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Hoodline: East New York Land Trust Buys Warehouse, Aims To Reclaim Block From Market
A century-old warehouse on Jamaica Avenue is getting a new life as the East Brooklyn Liberation Center, after the East New York Community Land Trust closed on a $2.3 million purchase of the 9,500-square-foot building this year. The two-story structure will house the land trust’s main office, space for local organizations, businesses and worker co-ops,…
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The Riverdale Press: COPA Housing Bill Draws Support and Skepticism Ahead of NYC Council Hearing
Dozens of advocates rallied Aug. 13 near City Hall for “COPA Cabana” — a beach-themed event to urge the passage of a controversial housing bill called the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act — ahead of the New York City Council’s Sept. 9 hearing.
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Tenants & Housing Groups Pitch “COPA Cabana” at City Hall, Call for Passage of Community Opportunity to Purchase Act
On Thursday, tenants and housing groups gathered outside City Hall to urge Speaker Julie Menin and the New York City Council to pass the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA). Advocates transformed the plaza into a beach-themed “COPA Cabana,” serving drinks, playing music, and sharing information about how COPA would help preserve affordable housing, prevent…
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“Loan Shark” Crashes DailyPay’s New York City Publicity Stunt to Expose True Cost of “Earned Wage Access” Payday Loan Apps
DailyPay’s “DailyPay Diner” publicity stunt got an unexpected visitor Thursday when a costumed “loan shark” crashed the event, carrying a sign advertising “TODAY’S MENU: WORKERS’ WAGES” and confronting the company with damning allegations about its abusive tactics.
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COPA Is Back, a “Solidarity Stroll” with the Mamdani Administration, a New Coalition Takes on Big Tech Predators, and More!
In our latest newsletter: COPA is back! Catch up on the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, our work launching a national coalition to fight Big Tech payday lenders, a “Solidarity Stroll” with Deputy Mayor Julie Su and other members of the Mamdani Administration, and much more.