immigrant financial justice
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Daily News: IDNYC Payment Cards Coming Soon, Brought to You by New York’s Mastercard-Connected Deputy Mayor
Daily News — A new plan for putting banking smart chips in New York City IDs has advocates terrified that City Hall is inadvertently creating a backdoor for the feds to go after undocumented immigrants.
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El Diario: Adultos Mayores Hispanos Enfrentan una Vejez de Pobreza Sin Plan de Jubilación
El Diario — Un informe de AARP Nueva York, revela que casi tres de cada cinco latinos mayores de 50 años van camino a padecimientos económicos en su vejez y abuelos de la Gran Manzana narran su calvario.
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El Diario: Cobro Abusivo de Deudas, ¡Conoce tus derechos!
El Diario — ¿Los cobradores de deudas te están acosando? ¿Has sido demandado por un cobrador de deudas? ¿Un cobrador ha embargado tu cuenta bancaria? En caso de que así sea, no eres el único. Cada año los cobradores de deudas persiguen a decenas de miles de neoyorquinos, enfocando sus esfuerzos en inmigrantes y neoyorquinos…
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The Source: Undocumented Immigrants Get A Hand Up With DACA Loans And Grants
The Source — Undocumented immigration has been a hot topic in recent years and the country has been deeply engaged on how to handle the “dreamers” population. “Dreamers” are immigrant children who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents. In 2012, Former United States President Barack Obama announced the creation of an…
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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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The Laura Flanders Show: Trump Year 2 – What’s Next?
The Laura Flanders Show — On this week’s Laura Flanders Show, our Co-Director Sarah Ludwig discusses the community-based work being done to counter the Trump administration and create lasting, transformational change.
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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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Disparities in Economic Security for New Yorkers of Color 50 and Older
New Economy Project undertook this report, at the request of AARP, to examine barriers to economic security faced by 50+ New Yorkers of color, including immigrants. The analysis focuses on economic justice disparities statewide and in New York City, with attention also given to Long Island and Buffalo.
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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.