Public comments

  • Policy Brief to CFPB, on Creating Public Mortgage & Foreclosure Databases

    New Economy Project and allies issue policy paper urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to strengthen the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and expand public disclosure of data on mortgage lending and foreclosures.

  • Testimony to NYC Council, on For-Profit Colleges

    New Economy Project details how for-profit colleges use low income students to draw down local, state and federal aid dollars, and steps that NYC can take to protect New Yorkers from sham schools.

  • Comment Letter Regarding CRA Examination of Wells Fargo

    For years, there has been a glaring contradiction – with profound public consequences – between large banks’ predatory and wealth-stripping practices and the CRA ratings they receive from their regulators. After all that the country has endured as a result of reckless banking practices, including Wells Fargo’s, the OCC must no longer let banks off…