2019 Holiday Celebration
Join us for a holiday celebration on December 10, 2019. Hope to see you there!
News & Events
October
2019
28
Bronx Talk: Community Land Trusts
BronxTalk — Our Julia Duranti-Martínez joins Mychal Johnson to talk about the growing movement for Community Land Trusts (CLTs) in NYC on BronxTalk.
October
2019
3
The City: Debt Collectors Put Translations On Hold, Foiling Immigrants
The City — When a debt collector called Alba Ramirez, she had no idea who was on the other line or what the person wanted.
September
2019
13
Daily News: A Dangerous IDNYC Overhaul: Don’t Equip This Card with Financial Technology Chips
Daily News, op-ed by Carlos Menchaca, Betsy Plum, Natalia Aristizabal, and Deyanira Del Rio — As the first batch of New York City’s municipal ID cards nears expiration, Mayor de Blasio is pursuing a dangerous plan that would fundamentally change the program and put New Yorkers at needless and potentially serious risk.
September
2019
12
The City: City’s IDNYC Smart Card Chip Plan Slammed As Security Risk
The City — Pushback against adding a banking chip to new IDNYC cards intensified Thursday, with a demand from immigration, civil liberties and consumer groups to scrap the effort and introduction of a City Council bill to block it.
September
2019
12
Public Bank NYC Awarded $276,000 From Rosin Fund
Public Bank NYC announced today that it has received a three-year, $276,000 grant from the Scherman Foundation’s Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund. The award supports the coalition’s campaign for a municipal public bank in New York City, and represents the first major grant that Public Bank NYC has received for its members since its launch in summer 2018.
September
2019
11
A Public Bank Grows in Brooklyn…and The Bronx…and Queens…And…
A look inside recent community meetings on public banking in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn.
September
2019
10
NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer: Abolish Mandatory Surcharges and Forgive Outstanding Court Debt to End Criminalization of Poverty within the Justice System
NYC Comptroller — Today, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer proposed a comprehensive roadmap to tackle the next frontier in decarceration: a maze of onerous mandatory surcharges and service fees, which represents an all-but-hidden secondary form of punishment for those involved in the justice system, inhibits re-entry for formerly incarcerated individuals, foments recidivism, and burdens families for years beyond a formal prison term.
August
2019
27
No More, Encore (take two)
Seems New Economy Project has struck a nerve. This year, Encore Capital, the country’s largest publicly-traded debt-buying company, blocked us from speaking at its annual shareholder meeting – even though our organization is a full-fledged shareholder in the company.
August
2019
14
Let’s Be Real Episode 9: Housing Justice for All
In this episode of Let’s Be Real, we speak with Dominga Payano, a tenant organizer with Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition. Dominga represented the organization in the statewide Housing Justice for All Campaign. In an interview recorded just weeks before the campaign won a landmark victory—with the Legislature’s enactment of some of the strongest tenant laws in New York history—Dominga reflects on how she got involved in tenant organizing, her vision for housing justice in the Bronx, and what’s to come.