July
2014
2
How Banks Sell Overdraft: Results of Overdraft Mystery Shopping in Four Key States
A joint report summarizing how banks, which reap billions from overdraft fees, misleadingly advertise overdraft to customers.
Publications
April
2014
17
Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC – Summary Report
Joint report summarizing opportunities to create a resource and advocacy hub to support cooperative economics in NYC. New Economy Project issued the report with Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union, NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives, SolidarityNYC, and The Working World.
February
2014
24
Foreclosure Risk in New York State
A research brief on home foreclosure patterns in New York City and State, six years after the financial meltdown.
October
2013
1
CDFIs & Walmart
A primer on Walmart’s harmful impact on communities, small businesses, and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs).
June
2013
6
The Debt Collection Racket in New York
A report exposing how the debt collection industry uses the New York courts as a collection mill, depriving New Yorkers of due process and siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars from communities — especially communities of color — each year.
June
2013
3
The Case for Banning Payday Lending: Snapshots from Four Key States
A report comparing efforts to regulate or ban payday lending in New York, California, Illinois and North Carolina. The four organizations that co-authored the report offer their perspective as financial justice advocates in the thick of payday lending battles in their home states.
February
2013
20
Policy Brief to CFPB, on Creating Public Mortgage & Foreclosure Databases
New Economy Project and allies issue policy paper urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to strengthen the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and expand public disclosure of data on mortgage lending and foreclosures.
July
2012
19
Paying More for the American Dream Series
A multi-year series of reports analyzing racial lending disparities, impact of the Community Reinvestment Act, and other trends in the mortgage market and housing finance system.
January
2012
1
Foreclosures in New York: What’s Really Going On
A report showing the staggering number of New Yorkers at risk of foreclosure, based on examination of newly available data for New York State. Includes maps for New York City and State.
February
2010
1
Immigrant Financial Justice Reports
A series of reports addressing banking and credit access; the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis; and organizing for financial justice in immigrant communities.