Meet Aitan Groener, one of two incredible legal interns joining us this summer. facebook.com/share/p/FquWpZ…

“Earned Wage Access phone apps are not above the law. These smartphone apps are simply repackaging & rebranding the age-old exploitative payday loan..We're pleased the consumerfinance.gov has recognized this growing problem..." -Stuart Appelbaum of RWDSU Full release: equityagendany.org/media-release-…

“Workers are being targeted by big tech companies with predatory payday loan phone apps that promise quick and easy access to wages. In reality, these are debt trap loans with sky-high interest rates..." -Dennis G. Trainor of CWA District 1 Full release: equityagendany.org/media-release-…

“This is nothing more than usury in a phone app. Caregivers and other New Yorkers work too hard to be swindled out of their paychecks by exorbitant fees and interest rates." -Tori Newman-Campbell of 1199SEIU💫 Full release: equityagendany.org/media-release-…

Brooklyn! Join us next month to learn about the Community Land Act and how you can join the fight to get public land into community hands. #CLTsForNYC

Great seeing so many fired-up NYS Community Equity Agenda members last week!

It's been a blast breaking bread & planning strategy with the incredible members of our cross-borough, cross-issue coalition! We are environmental activists, tenant organizers, worker cooperative owners & advocates for racial justice - and we're ready to win an NYC #publicbank!

Yes Mayor Eric Adams, let's use city land to build affordable housing. But first, we must pass #PublicLandforPublicGood, a broadly supported bill that would ensure public land is used for truly affordable housing and other community needs. No more handouts to for-profit developers!

Thanks to New York Amsterdam News for giving us a chance to call out landlord spin amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/08/2…

Public land for public good! 100% affordable housing on any public land. And don’t build density in a flood zone. Join our community potluck and sleep-out. And let’s pass the community land act! Suga Ray LIC Coalition South Bronx Unite NYCCLI Danielle Brecker Pamela Herrera

What a pleasure to share our work advancing public banking, community land trusts & more at PolicyLink’s #equitysummit2024 in Atlanta, w/these fantastic co-panelists!

BROOKLYN! The BK Community Land Act Summit is coming up on Sept 19th at Borough Hall! Learn how to join the fight to bring land into community hands. Details at tinyurl.com/brooklyncla #PeopleOverProfit #CLTsforNYC

How the debt economy operates: 📉Falling wages + 📈rising rents destabilize communities 💳Credit card companies exploit this, profiting from interest + fees 🦈Debt collectors buy delinquent debt & aggressively go after people thecity.nyc/2024/08/27/cre… THE CITY Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander

The movement for public banking has been years in the making. Now one of the first public banks since the progressive-era Bank of North Dakota is sprouting up in Rochester, New York. Yunior Rivas Garcia has the story. prospect.org/economy/2024-0…

Rochester is at the forefront of the public banking movement. By recirculating tax $$$ into the community, a city-owned bank could help uplift the nearly 30% of the city's residents living in poverty. Via The American Prospect ft. Public Banking Institute & New Economy Project: prospect.org/economy/2024-0…

Could Rochester, New York set a precedent for public banking across the country by helping to address systemic economic disparities in lower-income neighborhoods? prospect.org/economy/2024-0…

Our Tousif Ahsan in The American Prospect: “Public banking is a tool for broader racial and economic justice, rather than an end in itself. The coalition remains optimistic and prepared to keep fighting for public banking in New York.” Let's go! prospect.org/economy/2024-0…

Public banking "has garnered support from Rochester Mayor Malik Evans, who spent over 20 years working in both a private bank and a credit union supporting small businesses and community development projects in the city." Wouldn't it be nice if NYC had leadership like that? 🤔

Join us on Thurs 9/19 for our BK Community Land Act Summit at BK Borough Hall! Let's grow the movement to bring land into community hands! Register: tinyurl.com/BrooklynCLA