public banking
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Public Banking for a Just Recovery: A How-To Guide for NYC
Recently, the New York City Board of Health passed a resolution directing the Health Department to work with other City agencies to eliminate systemic racism in policies relating to housing, economic opportunities, and other social determinants of health – key drivers of health inequities. “The Covid-19 pandemic must render unacceptable that which has been condoned for generations,”…
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Public Banking Around the World: A Comparative Survey of Seven Models
New Economy Project is pleased to have collaborated with The Vance Center for International Justice to present this timely report and panel on public banking around the world.
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Public Banking Around the World: Lessons for New York
New Economy Project is pleased to have collaborated with The Vance Center for International Justice to present this timely panel and report on public banking around the world. We are grateful to The Vance Center for carrying out such an ambitious research project, which generated well over 100 pages of detailed survey data from seven…
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Take Action: Tell Albany to Pass the NY Public Banking Act!
This legislative session, we have a historic opportunity to bring local public banks to New York. As state legislators prepare to return to Albany in January, let them know that local public banking needs to be a top priority!
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Fall Briefing for Supporters
Thanks to everyone who attended our fall briefing for New Economy Project’s community of supporters! Check out video from the briefing here, and stay tuned for more ways to join the movement.
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WBAI: Living for the City
Our Andy Morrison joined WBAI’s Living for the City to discuss the movement for public banking, community land trusts, and more.
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New Economy Project Testifies at Historic House Committee Hearing on Growing Public Banking Movement in NY
New Economy Project’s Co-Director, Deyanira Del Río, testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions last week on the growing movement for local public banking in New York. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who spoke at the hearing—one of the first on public banking in modern American history—said it was…
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NowThis News: AOC Calls Out Colleagues for Banking Bill Comments
Our co-director Deyanira Del Río testifies before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, and answers questions from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, on Public Banking
My testimony today will address ways in which our current financial system serves to extract wealth, and the need to strengthen and enforce laws to hold banks and other financial institutions accountable to people and communities. At the same time, we must focus on creating public banks and other institutions that are designed to build…