Building on our powerful testimony at the NYC Banking Commission Hearing, we're gearing up to rally on Tuesday. We need a #PublicBank now!

Wall Street is profiting off our public money—and New Economy Project has a rapid-fire explainer on how it works and what NYC can do about it. It’s time to divest from Wall Street and invest in our communities through a public bank. Watch + share!

The NYC Banking Commission meets at 10 am to vote on which banks are eligible to receive NYC’s deposits. We are here with our Public Bank NYC coalition partners to say: it’s time for the City to divest from Wall Street and launch a #publicbank!

We’re at the NYC Banking Commission meeting demanding the City divest from Wall Street and establish a public bank. Banks like Citibank, which facilitated the federal seizure of $80 million of our public funds, actively harm New Yorkers again and again. We need a public bank!

Watch the NYC Banking Commission’s vote on which banks can hold billions in city deposits for the next two years. No to Wall Street banks that harm New Yorkers and New York communities! Yes to a public bank! x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Bringing unflinching moral clarity to this moment, former NYC Director of Operations Harvey Robins calls for bold action—starting with a public bank to reclaim public money for the public good. Must-read in City Limits: citylimits.org/opinion-mayora…

👉Today, the NYC Comptroller’s office voted against letting Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo & others hold billions in city deposits. The tide is turning toward a public bank. As our Will Spisak said: “It’s time to break Wall Street’s grip on our public money.” comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/compt…

Must-read from Community Service Society of New York (CSS) on why NYC needs a public bank—to build deeply affordable housing, advance financial justice, and protect city funds from federal overreach. 👉centernyc.org/urban-matters-… Center for NYC Affairs

“Through public banks, local governments can responsibly steward public funds—partnering with community-based financial institutions to close critical funding gaps and build wealth in low-income and Black and brown neighborhoods.” -our Tousif Ahsan citylimits.org/opinion-a-publ…

Public banking is supported by New Yorkers 4 to 1. It has majority support in the State Senate. So why do state legislative leaders oppose it? Because Wall Street has powerful lobbyists—and Albany listens. Just ask City & State NY.

Top 3 funders of fossil fuels: – JPMorgan Chase – Bank of America – Citibank Top 3 banks holding NYC’s public deposits: – JPMorgan Chase – Bank of America – Citibank We need a public bank. theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Powerful op-ed on the root causes of NYC’s affordability crisis—and the essential role of worker ownership, CLTs, and community-led solutions in addressing them. Add a public bank, and you’ve got a blueprint for real structural change. 💪

As Daniel Wortel-London rightly notes, redistribution isn’t a substitute for transformation. NYC’s next mayor must change who owns and controls our economy. Fortunately, communities have long had the solutions—from CLTs to worker co-ops to public banking. 🧵 nydailynews.com/2025/06/26/mam…

Zohran Kwame Mamdani's win proves it: NYC wants economic transformation. Community Wealth Building Strategies —public banking, CLTs, co-ops —can turn that demand into policy. My latest for Democracy Collaborative. democracycollaborative.org/blogs/zohran-m…

Big possibilities ahead ✅ Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — longtime sponsor of the NY Public Banking Act ✅ Comptroller-elect Mark Levine — introduced NYC’s first public banking bill ✅ Public Advocate Jumaane Williams — among the earliest and most vocal champions of public banking

TOMORROW! Join us for a powerful convo w/ movement leaders from CA, NY & MA! With federal volatility, now's the moment to create city & state banks to recapture billions of public dollars siphoned out of our communities & reinvest them into public good. bit.ly/PBC2C

In 1975, Wall Street declared war on New York, sending the city into a fiscal crisis. A forgotten public banking proposal in the state assembly could have stopped it — and put both the city and the country on the path to socialized finance. jacobin.com/2025/12/nyc-pu…

Taxing the wealthy is the most obvious route to enact Zohran Mamdani’s agenda. But it can’t do the work by itself. We need to build public banking for New York: jacobin.com/2025/12/nyc-pu…

New York's attempt to create a public bank at the height of the fiscal crisis has been buried for 50 years. With the election of public banking supporter Zohran Kwame Mamdani as NYC's next mayor, it can no longer be ignored. Check out our essay in Jacobin: jacobin.com/2025/12/nyc-pu…

The story of New York’s attempt to create a public bank has been buried for half a century. With the election of Zohran Mamdani, could it be back on the table? jacobin.com/2025/12/nyc-pu…