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2018

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Let’s Be Real Special Feature: Kenneth Lovell

Let's Be Real Special Feature

How did Brooklyn resident Kenneth Lovell, a retired janitor living on a fixed-income and with no credit history, find himself thousands of dollars in debt? It’s a refrain we’ve heard before on our NYC Financial Justice Hotline: Wall Street banks working in cahoots with retail stores, doctors’ offices, and others to exploit low-income New Yorkers. These outfits are in the business of tricking people of color, immigrants, women, and seniors into opening credit cards they never asked for and can’t afford — putting them into debt and causing them major financial distress.

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Hosted by Juleon Robinson | Interview by Nick Loh | Produced by Sarah Ludwig & Juleon Robinson | Graphic by Ben Hagen