June
2018
6
Mic — Could the city best known as the home of Wall Street divest from major corporate banks and start its own public bank? That’s the vision that a new network of activist groups hope see in the near future.
June
2018
5
New York, NY – Today, a broad-based coalition of community, worker rights, economic justice, and environmental groups launched a new campaign, calling on New York City to create a public bank.
June
2018
5
El Diario — La ciudad de Nueva York deposita miles de millones de dólares en la banca de Wall Street y “esos banqueros ganan millones con esos depósitos y las comisiones mientras dan pocos beneficios a la ciudad, sus pequeños negocios y residentes”, explicaba el martes Stephen Edel, de New York Working Families.
June
2018
5
Common Dreams — Chanting, “Wells, Chase, B of A, public bank’s a better way!” social justice groups rallied at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday to demand that New York City divest from Wall Street banks and establish a public bank that is “expressly chartered to serve the public interest.”
May
2018
23
City Limits, Op-ed by Sarah Ludwig and Andy Morrison — Last week, New Economy Project traveled to Texas to attend JPMorgan Chase’s annual shareholder meeting and call the bank out for its shameful track record in New York City. After passing through a series of security checkpoints, we found seats with a clear view of the dais, on which sat Jamie Dimon, the bank’s C.E.O., who lorded over the proceedings.
May
2018
23
Last week, New Economy Project traveled to Texas to attend JPMorgan Chase’s annual shareholder meeting and call the bank out for its shameful track record in New York City. After passing through a series of security checkpoints, we found seats with a clear view of the dais, on which sat Jamie Dimon, the bank’s C.E.O., who lorded over the proceedings.
May
2018
1
WBAI Morning Show — Our Campaigns Director Andy Morrison joins host Michael G. Haskins to discuss efforts to end predatory lending, strengthen community-based financial cooperatives, and establish public banking in NYC.
February
2018
23
These days it seems taken for granted that banks discriminate against people and neighborhoods of color – they’re banks, right? We can thank the Center for Investigative Reporting for reminding the world that this is not okay.
June
2015
18
New Economy Project, with co-sponsors Americans for Financial Reform, Center for Working Families and Demos, organized a public banking convening, on June 18, 2015.
New Economy Project files an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in federal court, opposing the New York Bankers Association’s attempt to block the NYC Responsible Banking Act.