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The City
: Payday Loan Apps Cost New Yorkers $500 Million, New Study Estimates – March 27, 2025
NYS Community Equity Agenda Statement: Groups Condemn Trump’s Dismantling of CFPB, Call on NY Leaders to Act – February 12, 2025
Newsday
: Affordability Solution: a Long Island Public Bank – February 3, 2025
Demos
: Public Banks for Public Good: Transformative Investments to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap – January 15, 2025
Nonprofit Quarterly
: What Does Finance for the People Look Like? – January 8, 2025
American Prospect
: The Push for Public Banking in New York – September 4, 2024
Media release: New York Labor & Community Groups Endorse CFPB Rule To Crack Down on Predatory Paycheck Advance Loans – August 6, 2024
American City and County
: City of Rochester Mulls a Groundbreaking Move: Creating its Own Bank – June 18, 2024
News10 NBC
: Consumer Alert: CEO Says a Public Bank Would Allow er Credit Union to Help More Low-Income Borrowers – June 7, 2024
Media Release: Data Analysis: Glaring Loan Disparities Bolster Calls for Rochester Public Bank – June 5, 2024
Next City
: Why a Rochester Credit Union Wants the Local Government To Create Its Own Bank – June 3, 2024
Capital Pressroom
: Public Bank Proposed for Rochester – May 30, 2024
NYN Media
: New York Can Make History With a Rochester Public Bank (Opinion) – May 29, 2024
Coalitions’ Statement on Assembly Bank Committee’s Approval of the Bank of Rochester Act – May 22, 2024
Next City
: A Major New Step Toward Public Banking in Rochester – May 21, 2024
Spectrum News
: Public Banking in New York – May 15, 2024
New York State of Politics
: Bill Would Establish Public Banking in New York, Starting in Rochester – May 15, 2024
The Capital Pressroom
: Untapped potential of employee run businesses – December 22, 2023
NY1
: Report finds racial disparities in homeownership across N.Y. – November 2, 2023
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
: Systemic Racism in New York’s Housing Market Has Cost Minorities More than $200 Million – November 1, 2023
Media Release: Statement from the NYS Community Equity Agenda Coalition on Today’s Oral Arguments in SCOTUS Case on CFPB Funding – October 3, 2023
NPR Planet Money
: How Fed Up Farmers Started the Only Government-Run Bank in the US – August 23, 2023
Credit Union Times
: Public Banks: An Important Idea Whose Time Is Overdue – July 24, 2023
Media Release: Once Again, Albany Prioritizes Big Banks and Real Estate Over New York Communities – June 22, 2023
Media Release: 160+ Community and Labor Groups Call on Albany to Pass NY Public Banking Act – May 8, 2023
Media Release: Groups, Electeds Hold Press Conference at NYS Capitol Calling for Enactment of New York Public Banking Act – May 2, 2023
The Nation:
What if the People Owned the Banks? – March 28, 2023
Public News Service:
NYS Legislation Considers Bill to Create Public Banks – March 28, 2023
WBAI’s Living For the City:
Public Banking – March 26, 2023
Marketplace:
Why Don’t We Have a Public Banking Option in the U.S.? – March 23, 2023
Media Release: Majority of Senate Co-Sponsors New York Public Banking Act – March 20, 2023
NY State of Politics:
New York Public Banking Supporters Say Recent Failures Show Need for Law – March 17, 2023
Media Release: Community and Labor Groups Raise Alarm Over Latest Financial Crisis, Urge Lawmakers to Adopt Public Banking – March 17, 2023
Media Release: 100+ Local Electeds From Across New York Call on Albany to Clear Way for Public Banking – March 3, 2023
NY State of Politics:
Supporters Press for Public Banking Measure in New York – February 8, 2023
Media Release: New Yorkers Rally at Capitol for Public Banking in This Year’s Budget – February 7, 2023
NY State of Politics:
Tenant Protections Urged in New York’s Housing Debate – January 12, 2023
City & State NY
Opinion: Public Banks Can Help New York Meet its Ambitious Climate Goals – January 11, 2023
Media Release: NYS Community Equity Agenda Statement on Governor Hochul’s State of the State Housing Proposals – January 11, 2023
The Capitol Pressroom
: Reforming New York’s Economic Landscape – December 5, 2022
Capital Tonight
: New York coalition pushes for economic justice in next legislative session – December 2, 2022
Media Release: NYS Community Equity Agenda Releases 2023 Policy Platform for a Community-Led Recovery – November 21, 2022
Coalition Statement on the End of the 2022 Legislative Session – June 8, 2022
AM New York Op-Ed
: Boost Banking in the Bronx with a Public Bank – May 24, 2022
NY State of Politics
: Credit Union Argues New York Public Banking Bill Will Help Underserved Communities – May 10, 2022
Media Release: Community and Labor Groups, Legislators Rally at Capitol for Passage of “New York Public Banking Act” to Advance Racial Equity and a Just Recovery – May 10, 2022
Coalition Statement: After Budget Debacle, Albany Must Fundamentally Change Approach to Economic Development – April 26, 2022
EastNewYork.com, Op-Ed by Sandy Nurse and Andy Morrison
: Goodbye Wells Fargo. Hello Public Banking. – April 21, 2022
Spectrum News
: Rochester City Council Members Join Calls for New York Public Banking Act – April 19, 2022
Media Release: 80 Local Electeds from Across New York Call on Albany to Enact “NY Public Banking Act” This Session – April 18, 2022
Albany Times-Union
: Commentary: Invest Equitably in Our Communities with Public Banking – March 21, 2022
Coalition Statement Regarding Gov. Hochul’s Announced Plan to Secure $150 Million for NYS Community Development Financial Institutions – January 25, 2022
Coalition Statement: Hochul’s Budget Proposal Squanders Historic Opportunity to Invest In Communities – January 19, 2022
NY State of Politics:
Supporters Push for Public Banking Bill to Aid Underserved Communities – January 12, 2022
Common Dreams:
150+ NY Groups Back Public Banking Bill to Declare ‘Independence From Wall Street’ – January 11, 2022
150 Community and Labor Groups Call on Albany to Pass NY Public Banking Act – January 11, 2022
Statement on Governor Hochul’s Economic Development Proposals in Today’s State of the State Address – January 5, 2022
Crain’s New York Business:
Four Bills to Watch in Albany Next Year [Features The NY Public Banking Act] – December 22, 2021
The Capitol Pressroom (WCNY Radio):
Leveling The Economic Playing Field – December 13, 2021
Media Release: Coalition of 40+ Community & Labor Groups Releases 5-Point Platform for a Community-Led Recovery, Racial and Economic Justice in NY – November 18, 2021
Statement on the Repeal of the Federal “True Lender” Rule, Keeping Predatory Payday Lending Out of New York – July 7, 2021
New York State of Politics:
Progressive Group Will Try Again on Community Banking – June 21, 2021
Statement on End of 2021 Legislative Session – June 21, 2021
Newsday:
Banks Accused of Soaking Poor With Fees Amid Pandemic – June 9, 2021
News 12, Long Island:
Analysis: New Yorkers paid $1.6 billion in bank fees since start of pandemic – June 8, 2021
Statement from Labor, Racial & Economic Justice Groups on the NY Public Banking Act – May 18, 2021
Gotham Gazette:
Competing Visions of Public Banking in New York City – May 6, 2021
Capital Tonight:
James Sanders’ Public Banking Bill: How it Could Work in New York – May 3, 2021
City Limits:
Council Weighs ‘Public Banking’ Bills as Advocates Push City to Divest From Corporate Banks – April 29, 2021
Media Release:
As NYC Council Holds Hearing on Groundbreaking Public Banking Bills, New Analysis Shows NYC’S ‘Designated Banks’ Extracted $5 Billion in Predatory Overdraft Fees During COVID-19 – April 28, 2021
NY State of Politics:
Why Lawmakers Want to Create Public Banks – April 14, 2021
Media Release:
NYS Legislators, Groups Call for Local Public Banks to Help Lead Recovery, Advance Racial and Economic Justice – April 13, 2021
The Nation:
It’s Time for Public Banking in New York City, Op-Ed by Bob Master and Mark Levine – November 18, 2020
City Limits:
Council Bills Could Pave the Way for a Public Bank in NYC – September 29, 2020
News Release: NY/NJ Banking Committee Chairs, Groups, Decry Trump Proposal to Unleash Payday Lending – September 3, 2020
News Release: NYC and Rochester Council Members Join 55 Groups in Urging Albany to Support Public Banks – August 3, 2020
Rochester City Newspaper:
Council, Advocates Push for A Publicly-Owned Bank of Rochester – July 24, 2020
Shelterforce:
Giving Tenants the First Opportunity to Purchase Their Homes – July 24, 2020
Equity Agenda Statement in Solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives – June 10, 2020
Equity Agenda Statement on Governor Cuomo’s “State of the State” Proposal to Expand Access to Financial Services – January 8, 2020
New Economy Project Blog
: How Financial Co-ops Are Helping Puerto Rico Rebuild — and Why It Matters for New York – March 29, 2019
City Limits: NY Can Reduce Redlining’s Residue by Backing Credit Unions – March 28, 2019
Action Alert: Stop Predatory Financial Services Bill – June 19, 2019
New Economy Project Blog
: Albany Drops the Ball on Community Development – May 24, 2018
Buffalo News
: Advocates Urge State Officials to Help Close Gap in Access to Capital – March 23, 201
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