January
2017
13
The PaydayFreeLandia coalition, representing 15 states , plus the District of Columbia, demanded today that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) back off a dangerous plan that would gut their states’ strong consumer protection laws.
July
2016
28
Debt collectors engage in rampant fraud and systematically use the courts to extract billions of dollars from low-income people and people of color, according to hard-hitting testimony delivered today by Susan Shin, New Economy Project’s legal director. Shin traveled to Sacramento, California to share our expertise from years of working with thousands of low-income New Yorkers aggrieved by discriminatory and abusive debt collection.
June
2016
16
New Economy Project, Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union, MFY Legal Services, Inc., Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc., and Western New York Law Center issued a statement regarding the NYS Senate’s confirmation of Maria T. Vullo as Superintendent of Financial Services, the state’s top financial regulator.
May
2016
4
Thank you to everyone who joined New Economy Project at our 20th Anniversary Benefit on May 4th! We were thrilled to celebrate this milestone with more than 200 allies, supporters and friends.
April
2016
8
A coalition of two dozen faith leaders, and labor, civil rights, and community groups from states that ban payday lending hand-delivered strongly-worded letters to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray on Wednesday, calling on the federal agency to “use its full authority” to crack down on predatory payday lending.