We need policies and institutions that transform our fundamentally unjust economic system.

That requires a vision where racial and economic justice are front and center, and where the people and communities typically left out of—and harmed by—status quo economic development are the ones driving decisions about economic policy. 

That’s why New Economy Project co-founded and convenes the NYS Community Equity Agenda, a broad-based coalition of over 50 community, labor, civil rights, and legal services groups, built to take the fight for economic justice to Albany.

Together we are advancing policies and institutions, like worker and financial cooperatives and public banks, that challenge structural inequality and build lasting community wealth.

In the face of mounting federal attacks on low-income people, immigrants, women, and people of color, the need for bold, local action has never been greater.

Learn more about the Equity Agenda and how to get involved at equityagendany.org.

Key wins for financial justice and community wealth building:

• New Economy Project successfully advocated to end credit checks in employment in New York City in 2015, laying groundwork for New York State’s passage of similar legislation ten years later.
• Through legislation and impact litigation, we have secured multiple victories for New Yorkers against the predatory debt collection industry.
• We secured $25 million for the first state-level Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) fund.
• Our statewide coalition organizing and advocacy over decades has kept predatory payday lending out of New York State.