News & Events
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Nonprofit Quarterly: NYC Partners with Community to Improve Neighborhood Financial Health
Nonprofit Quarterly — A recent report issued by the NYC’s Office of Financial Empowerment, in collaboration with New Economy Project and other groups, examines the causes of neighborhood financial distress and proposes systemic solutions.
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2017 Roundup
Check out this two-page snapshot highlighting some of New Economy Project’s work, events, and media coverage during 2017!
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NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs: DCA Releases Report on the Ways Neighborhoods Influence Residents’ Financial Health
NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Press Release – The report is the product of a year-long collaboration between DCA and a team led by New Economy Project to define neighborhood financial health and offer a set of goals and indicators for a financially healthy neighborhood.
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Let’s Be Real Episode 5: A Vision for Financial Justice in New York
This episode, we focus on the payday lending industry’s most recent attempt to legalize high-cost predatory lending in New York. We feature a conversation with New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou about the importance of standing up for strong consumer protections as a matter of racial and economic justice. We also sit down with New…
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New York Law Journal: Win for Consumers: Second Circuit Reverses Debt Collection Suit
New York Law Jounrnal — Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a debt collection suit lauded a decision Monday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, calling it a major victory for low-income people facing aggressive and potentially illegal collection practices.
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NBC News: Despite Ban on Payday Lending, Public Pensions Profit from Outlawed Loans
NBC News — Our Campaigns Director Andy Morrison talks to NBC’s I-Team about New York State and City’s investments in companies whose predatory loans are illegal in New York.
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Vice: Young Immigrants Are Rushing to Renew Paperwork Before Trump Kicks Them Out
Vice — Over the past five years, Maggie Kawinski watched as her young clients’ lives slowly came into focus. The New York immigration attorney has been working with undocumented people covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program protecting those brought to the US as children since Barack Obama started it in 2012.
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El Diario: ¿Necesitas $495 para renovar DACA? La Ayuda Crece
El Diario — Ante la incertidumbre, la fecha límite y las ganas de colaborar para facilitar las cosas en lo posible a los acechados dreamers, organizaciones comunitarias, financieras y personas individuales están juntando esfuerzos para ayudar a renovar los documentos de DACA.
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#HereToStay – NYC Group Provides Rapid-Response DACA Renewal Grants
New Economy Project announced today that it has expanded its NYC DREAMer Loan Fund to provide rapid-response grants to New Yorkers applying for renewal of their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).