News & Events
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WBAI Morning Show
WBAI Morning Show — Our Campaigns Director Andy Morrison joins host Michael G. Haskins to discuss efforts to end predatory lending, strengthen community-based financial cooperatives, and establish public banking in NYC.
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Earth to Gov. Cuomo: Walk The Talk
On the morning of April 23rd, I hopped on a bus headed to Albany to join more than 100 groups demanding that Governor Cuomo Walk The Talk and take meaningful action on climate change.
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New York Times: Consumer Bureau Looks to End Public View of Complaints Database
New York Times — Financial companies have worked to diminish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s powers since the day the agency was created. Now, they’re on the brink of having one of their top demands granted: an end to the regulator’s public database of complaints about their products and services.
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KICK-OFF: One Fair Wage NY Campaign for Better Wages, Better Tips
Today, tipped wage workers, advocates, and labor leaders held a kick-off event with and elected officials to call for One Fair Wage in New York. The One Fair Wage (OFW) campaign is fighting for better wages, better tips and represents a next step in the Fight For 15 to cover tipped workers left behind, as…
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Statement re: Selection of New Federal Reserve Bank of NY President
We are dismayed that the New York Fed appears poised to appoint a new president through a reportedly closed process, without meaningful consideration of public input. Given the vital role of the New York Fed president and all that is at stake with this appointment, New Economy Project calls on the Fed to pursue an…
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Buffalo News: Advocates Urge State Officials to Help Close Gap in Access to Capital
Buffalo News — It’s a persistent problem in Buffalo and other cities: disproportionately fewer bank branches in lower-income neighborhoods, prompting some residents to turn to high-cost alternatives to obtain capital.
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Seeking NY Fed President: Wall Street Need Not Apply
Staff attorney Raúl Carrillo delivered our message at a rally organized by Fed Up: The National Campaign for a Strong Economy to demand the appointment of an accountable president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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City Limits: Report: Mortgage Denials Higher in NYC’s Neighborhoods of Color
City Limits — Banks in New York are denying more housing loans in neighborhoods where people of color dominate, and are turning down black applicants who seek mortgages and refinancing at a higher rate than similar white applicants, an advocacy group reported this week.
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They’re Banks, Right?
These days it seems taken for granted that banks discriminate against people and neighborhoods of color – they’re banks, right? We can thank the Center for Investigative Reporting for reminding the world that this is not okay.
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Colorlines: U.S. Courts Imprison Thousands For Unpaid Debts
Colorlines — A new report says that thousands of people across 26 states are arrested and jailed each year due to outstanding debts such as unpaid medical bills and car loans. The practice violates due process rights and was abolished by the federal government in 1883.