Press Releases

March

2023

17

Community and Labor Groups Raise Alarm Over Latest Financial Crisis, Urge Lawmakers to Adopt Public Banking

In response to the banking crisis sending shockwaves through the economy, a statewide coalition delivered a letter to NYS Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie urging passage of the New York Public Banking Act to “give local governments a sorely-needed ‘public option’ for holding public deposits.” The bill would create a safe and appropriate regulatory framework for public banks – financial institutions created by local governments and chartered to serve the public interest.

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December

2022

7

Assemblymember Ron Kim, Community Groups, Host Packed Town Hall on Public Banking

Flushing, NY – More than 50 Queens residents filled the Free Synagogue of Flushing Wednesday evening for a community forum on public banking, sponsored by NYS Assemblymember Ron T. Kim and the Public Bank NYC coalition. At the forum, speakers representing MinKwon Center for Community Action, New Economy Project, and the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) […]

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September

2022

22

New Analysis Reveals NYC’s Banking Activities Take Massive Hidden Toll on Climate

As this year’s corporate-sponsored “Climate Week NYC” sputters on, New Economy Project and the Public Bank NYC coalition released an analysis estimating that NYC’s financial investments and cash deposits in big banks generate 757 kilotons of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)* annually. This previously unreported figure would represent the second largest source of GHG emissions by sector in city government, if accounted for in the City’s GHG inventory, according to the analysis.

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