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New York Focus: Have You Been Sued for Credit Card Debt? Your Fake Relative Might Know.
New York Focus — Last April, Sam Gordon, a Harlem resident who works with people experiencing drug addiction, got a notice in the mail: Thousands of dollars were about to be garnished from his wages.
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Our Trailblazer in Law: An Interview with Susan Shin
Our Legal Director Susan Shin has been a force on New Economy Project’s legal advocacy team for over fifteen years – and this week, she was named to City & State’s inaugural Trailblazers in Law list.
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Ruane v. Bank of America, N.A. et al.
In June 2017, New Economy Project filed a federal lawsuit against Bank of America, N.A., and ChexSystems, a consumer reporting agency, on behalf of Adiaha Ruane, a low-income, African-American New Yorker.
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Consumer Reports: How to Stop Harassment for Debts You Don’t Owe
Consumer Reports — As a Type 1 diabetic, Sarah Stark expects to have to cope with a lot of medical bills. But one hassle that’s taken her by surprise is dealing with debt collectors. Earlier this year, she says, a debt collector claimed she owed a medical bill that she had already paid.
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Patch: MTA Took BK Veteran’s Tax Refunds For Decades-Old Ticket: Lawsuit
Patch — A few years ago, Brooklyn veteran David Evans got something strange in the mail — a notice that the MTA would be taking hundreds of dollars from his tax returns to pay for tickets from nearly 20 years ago.
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Gothamist: The MTA Is Allegedly Seizing Tax Refunds From Poor NYers Over Decades-Old Infractions
Gothamist — While not particularly good at executing major capital projects or managing a budget or even running trains much of the time, the MTA is apparently very adept at squeezing money out of low-income riders.
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Daily News: The Ultimate Unfair Fares: The MTA is Seizing the Tax Refunds and Wages of Poor New Yorkers to Settle Decades-Old Debts
Daily News — It turns out that the same MTA that fails, frustrates and delays New Yorkers daily shows astounding, relentless energy when it comes to seizing the tax refunds and slapping liens on the wages of subway customers accused of breaking low-level rules like smoking on a platform or riding between cars.
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NY1 Inside City Hall: Lawsuit Alleges NYC Transit Authority is Seizing Tax Refunds for Old Violations
Inside City Hall — Our Legal Director Susan Shin joins plaintiff David Evans and Katherine Deabler-Meadows from the National Center for Law and Economic Justice to discuss a lawsuit filed against the New York City Transit Authority, alleging the agency is enforcing judgments against riders for decades-old infractions and then seizing their tax refunds without their…