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    Webinar: E-bikes Transforming New York!
    • Apr 5
    • 2 min

    Webinar: E-bikes Transforming New York!

    Join us for a free webinar about alternative transportation solutions that can transform New York! Friday, April 8 - 12 noon on Zoom...
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    CDFIs Praise Gov. Hochul's Housing Plan
    • Jan 18
    • 2 min

    CDFIs Praise Gov. Hochul's Housing Plan

    ALBANY, NY – 1/18/22 – Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) help lower-income New Yorkers keep a roof over their heads,...
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    31 NYS CDFIs Win $4.9 Million in Grants
    • Oct 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    31 NYS CDFIs Win $4.9 Million in Grants

    ALBANY, NY – October 26, 2021 – In 2007, New York passed into law a State Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund...
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    Many Hands Make Light Work!
    • Jun 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    Many Hands Make Light Work!

    During the pandemic, the NYS CDFI Coalition board got into a cadence of meeting by Zoom once a week at lunchtime. These Friday Noon Zooms...
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    Chartering a new credit union shouldn't be this hard
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Chartering a new credit union shouldn't be this hard

    In these fraught times, the National Credit Union Administration has lately lamented the difficulty of starting new credit unions of any...
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    Game Changer
    • Jan 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    Game Changer

    Back in 1989, Congress instructed regulators to “preserve the number of minority depository institutions; preserve the minority character...
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    Success! NYS Small Business Truth in Lending Act Will Protect Borrowers from Debt Traps
    • Dec 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Success! NYS Small Business Truth in Lending Act Will Protect Borrowers from Debt Traps

    ALBANY, NY – December 24, 2020 – Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that protects the interests of New York’s small businesses...
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    Ithaca Small Businesses Deserve Truth in Lending
    • Nov 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Ithaca Small Businesses Deserve Truth in Lending

    "As COVID-19 cases continue to rise and fall in and around Ithaca, small businesses are wondering what the future holds. If they were...
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    Minority-owned Businesses Need Financial Clarity Now
    • Nov 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Minority-owned Businesses Need Financial Clarity Now

    According to Anthony Gaddy, President of the Upstate New York Black Chamber of Commerce, "A little-known problem has exacerbated...
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    Albany CDFI Honored as 2020 "Changemaker"
    • Nov 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    Albany CDFI Honored as 2020 "Changemaker"

    The Albany Business Review’s Achievers Awards for 2020 honor the outstanding businesses and business leaders who have been Changemakers...
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    Business Center for New Americans Rebrands as Accompany Capital
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Business Center for New Americans Rebrands as Accompany Capital

    NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Business Center for New Americans (BCNA), a leading New York City CDFI and Small Business...
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    Nonprofits Face Financial Uncertainty - Shelterforce
    • Oct 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Nonprofits Face Financial Uncertainty - Shelterforce

    "Nonprofit housing organizations in the states hardest hit by the pandemic could soon face the same dilemma as New York-based...
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    Westchester Co. Small Businesses Deserve Truth in Lending
    • Oct 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Westchester Co. Small Businesses Deserve Truth in Lending

    NYS CDFI Coalition Treasurer Kim Jacobs has a "Contributing Writers" piece in the Westchester County Business Journal this week. Here's...
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    New Law Would Protect Small Businesses
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    New Law Would Protect Small Businesses

    Albany Business Review, 10/15/20 In this time of immense uncertainty for small businesses, at least one thing is clear: Additional...
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    Rochester Business Journal - Truth in Lending
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Rochester Business Journal - Truth in Lending

    Here in Rochester, small businesses are doing all they can to stay afloat during the pandemic, changing their product offerings and...
    56 views
    Help Black Small Businesses Recover
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 1 min

    Help Black Small Businesses Recover

    To the Editor: When the National Community Reinvestment Coalition sent “mystery shoppers” to banks in the Washington area, they found...
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    How Community Land Trusts Preserve Affordable Housing
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    How Community Land Trusts Preserve Affordable Housing

    PANELISTS Moderator – Citizens Bank – Lisa Giordano Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region – Linda MacFarlane Albany Community Land...
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    Buffalo Small Businesses Deserve Truth in Lending
    • Aug 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    Buffalo Small Businesses Deserve Truth in Lending

    CDFIs like Westminster Economic Development Initiative (WEDI) in Buffalo often help businesses get out from under crushing debt traps set...
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    Support Grows for Federal Small Business Truth in Lending Act
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Support Grows for Federal Small Business Truth in Lending Act

    The Washington Post and Bloomberg News both published editorials urging Congress to pass the new federal bill based on New York’s Small...
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    Spring Bank a force for good in Harlem, Bronx
    • Jul 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Spring Bank a force for good in Harlem, Bronx

    On East 167th Street in the Bronx, there’s a commercial corridor anchored by stops on two subway lines. Along the stretch are fresh fruit...
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