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COPA, a bill that will let community land trusts have first dibs on bidding on distressed properties, is poised for a breakthrough with the city council, 5 yrs after it was first proposed. Now the city's housing agency is on board.
NYC follows SF and DC, which have similar laws.
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NYC follows SF and DC, which have similar laws.
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Social Housing Bill Poised for Breakthrough in City Council - City Limits
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) will give community land trusts and other community groups first dibs at buying distressed properties.
citylimits.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
COPA, a bill that will let community land trusts have first dibs on bidding on distressed properties, is poised for a breakthrough with the city council, 5 yrs after it was first proposed. Now the city's housing agency is on board.
NYC follows SF and DC, which have similar laws.
buff.ly/s3ebXuV
NYC follows SF and DC, which have similar laws.
buff.ly/s3ebXuV
Call for COPA! New Yorkers want real affordable housing, and COPA can deliver by giving CLTs and other nonprofits the first chance to buy buildings when landlords sell. bit.ly/CALL4COPA
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Call for COPA! New Yorkers want real affordable housing, and COPA can deliver by giving CLTs and other nonprofits the first chance to buy buildings when landlords sell. bit.ly/CALL4COPA
We’re excited to share that our Executive Director, Deyanira Del Rio, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Development!
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We’re excited to share that our Executive Director, Deyanira Del Rio, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Development!
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act has:
1. A veto proof majority in City Council
2. Support from 200 community and
youth groups, community land trusts, and mission driven developers
3. Mayor-elect Mamdani’s endorsement
No time to lose! @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social pass #COPA!
1. A veto proof majority in City Council
2. Support from 200 community and
youth groups, community land trusts, and mission driven developers
3. Mayor-elect Mamdani’s endorsement
No time to lose! @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social pass #COPA!
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act has:
1. A veto proof majority in City Council
2. Support from 200 community and
youth groups, community land trusts, and mission driven developers
3. Mayor-elect Mamdani’s endorsement
No time to lose! @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social pass #COPA!
1. A veto proof majority in City Council
2. Support from 200 community and
youth groups, community land trusts, and mission driven developers
3. Mayor-elect Mamdani’s endorsement
No time to lose! @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social pass #COPA!
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We’re outside this morning, rallying to pass COPA alongside @cmsandynurse.bsky.social @nyccli.bsky.social @neweconomyproject.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We’re outside this morning, rallying to pass COPA alongside @cmsandynurse.bsky.social @nyccli.bsky.social @neweconomyproject.bsky.social
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As federal funding for states shrink, people are taking back control, building public banks owned by communities.
Join a national conversation with movement leaders + Senator Elizabeth Warren to reclaim local funds for housing, climate & more!
Nov 19, 12 PM PT/3PM ET
bit.ly/PBC2C
Join a national conversation with movement leaders + Senator Elizabeth Warren to reclaim local funds for housing, climate & more!
Nov 19, 12 PM PT/3PM ET
bit.ly/PBC2C
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As federal funding for states shrink, people are taking back control, building public banks owned by communities.
Join a national conversation with movement leaders + Senator Elizabeth Warren to reclaim local funds for housing, climate & more!
Nov 19, 12 PM PT/3PM ET
bit.ly/PBC2C
Join a national conversation with movement leaders + Senator Elizabeth Warren to reclaim local funds for housing, climate & more!
Nov 19, 12 PM PT/3PM ET
bit.ly/PBC2C
Today we went “trick or treating” with @nyccli.bsky.social at @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social’s office — with candy and 1,000+ postcards from New Yorkers to make sure she knows it’s CRUNCH time for COPA!
We’re calling on Speaker Adams to bring COPA to a vote!
We’re calling on Speaker Adams to bring COPA to a vote!
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Today we went “trick or treating” with @nyccli.bsky.social at @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social’s office — with candy and 1,000+ postcards from New Yorkers to make sure she knows it’s CRUNCH time for COPA!
We’re calling on Speaker Adams to bring COPA to a vote!
We’re calling on Speaker Adams to bring COPA to a vote!
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BIG NEWS: #COPA now has a veto-proof majority in the NYC Council! The bill would stabilize affordable housing & curb displacement by giving community land trusts and other qualified nonprofits a first right to purchase buildings when a landlord sells. Let's pass #COPA this year!
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We’re thrilled to see growing momentum for passage of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act! Check out this op-ed from Councilmembers Brooks-Powers, Riley & Williams; it quotes our research into the impact #COPA could have in their Bronx & Queens districts.
www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
October 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We’re thrilled to see growing momentum for passage of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act! Check out this op-ed from Councilmembers Brooks-Powers, Riley & Williams; it quotes our research into the impact #COPA could have in their Bronx & Queens districts.
www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
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Check out this powerful op-ed in @cityandstateny.bsky.social:
Councilmembers from the Bronx & Queens are calling for passage of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act.
www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social, let's get #COPA done this year!
Councilmembers from the Bronx & Queens are calling for passage of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act.
www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social, let's get #COPA done this year!
October 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Check out this powerful op-ed in @cityandstateny.bsky.social:
Councilmembers from the Bronx & Queens are calling for passage of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act.
www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social, let's get #COPA done this year!
Councilmembers from the Bronx & Queens are calling for passage of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act.
www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social, let's get #COPA done this year!
Organizers’ dream setting: The Watershed Center. With coalition partners from across New York, we’re charting next steps to fight financial exploitation and build the solidarity economy.
September 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Organizers’ dream setting: The Watershed Center. With coalition partners from across New York, we’re charting next steps to fight financial exploitation and build the solidarity economy.
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As our Elise Goldin told @thenation.com, the community land trust movement is "about how to gain control of where we live, and fighting against displacement—making sure that land & housing is used for people, not for profit.”
Read the powerful feature here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Read the powerful feature here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords
New legislation could accelerate a growing movement of tenants who refuse to be at the mercy of developers and want to take ownership of their communities’ resources.
www.thenation.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As our Elise Goldin told @thenation.com, the community land trust movement is "about how to gain control of where we live, and fighting against displacement—making sure that land & housing is used for people, not for profit.”
Read the powerful feature here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Read the powerful feature here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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I wrote about NYC's growing Community Land Trust movement for @thenation.com. Thanks to all who spoke w/me --- the incredible residents of 248 Arlington + @eastnewyorkclt.bsky.social, @neweconomyproject.bsky.social & the Cooper Square, Bronx & ReAl Edgemere CLTs. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords
New legislation could accelerate a growing movement of tenants who refuse to be at the mercy of developers and want to take ownership of their communities’ resources.
www.thenation.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I wrote about NYC's growing Community Land Trust movement for @thenation.com. Thanks to all who spoke w/me --- the incredible residents of 248 Arlington + @eastnewyorkclt.bsky.social, @neweconomyproject.bsky.social & the Cooper Square, Bronx & ReAl Edgemere CLTs. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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There is legislation at both the New York City and State level that would accelerate the vibrant movement of New Yorkers seeking to take ownership of the resources in their communities and remove the profit from housing, writes Aviva Stahl.
Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords
New legislation could accelerate a growing movement of tenants who refuse to be at the mercy of developers and want to take ownership of their communities’ resources.
www.thenation.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There is legislation at both the New York City and State level that would accelerate the vibrant movement of New Yorkers seeking to take ownership of the resources in their communities and remove the profit from housing, writes Aviva Stahl.
As our Elise Goldin told @thenation.com, the community land trust movement is "about how to gain control of where we live, and fighting against displacement—making sure that land & housing is used for people, not for profit.”
Read the powerful feature here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Read the powerful feature here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords
New legislation could accelerate a growing movement of tenants who refuse to be at the mercy of developers and want to take ownership of their communities’ resources.
www.thenation.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As our Elise Goldin told @thenation.com, the community land trust movement is "about how to gain control of where we live, and fighting against displacement—making sure that land & housing is used for people, not for profit.”
Read the powerful feature here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Read the powerful feature here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
“If anything, every default judgment that server touched should be automatically reviewed, not left to chance until it’s too late.” —our Elena Rodriguez in @nysfocus.bsky.social on rampant ‘sewer service’ fraud that still haunts New Yorkers years later.
nysfocus.com/2025/08/14/z...
nysfocus.com/2025/08/14/z...
‘Zombie Debts’ Refuse to Die, Haunting New Yorkers for Decades
Fraud and falsehoods often don’t stop debt collectors from pursuing their targets for years.
nysfocus.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“If anything, every default judgment that server touched should be automatically reviewed, not left to chance until it’s too late.” —our Elena Rodriguez in @nysfocus.bsky.social on rampant ‘sewer service’ fraud that still haunts New Yorkers years later.
nysfocus.com/2025/08/14/z...
nysfocus.com/2025/08/14/z...
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In November 2020, the city marshal notified Luz Texidor’s employer that she had been sued twelve years earlier for unpaid debt, had lost, and now owed nearly $4,000 plus interest. But she says she’s never even heard of the lawsuit or the debt. nysfocus.com/2025/08/14/z...
‘Zombie Debts’ Refuse to Die, Haunting New Yorkers for Decades
Fraud and falsehoods often don’t stop debt collectors from pursuing their targets for years.
nysfocus.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In November 2020, the city marshal notified Luz Texidor’s employer that she had been sued twelve years earlier for unpaid debt, had lost, and now owed nearly $4,000 plus interest. But she says she’s never even heard of the lawsuit or the debt. nysfocus.com/2025/08/14/z...
Big Tech is pushing sleek apps that peddle predatory payday loans at 330% APR—more than 20 times New York’s legal limit.
Don’t let them. Read our latest blog and fight back.
www.neweconomynyc.org/2025/05/pred...
Don’t let them. Read our latest blog and fight back.
www.neweconomynyc.org/2025/05/pred...
Predatory Lending? There’s an App for That - New Economy Project
By Andy Morrison New York stands at a crossroads in the fight against predatory lending. One path would open the floodgates to triple-digit interest loans—marketed as sleek, smartphone apps but design...
www.neweconomynyc.org
August 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Big Tech is pushing sleek apps that peddle predatory payday loans at 330% APR—more than 20 times New York’s legal limit.
Don’t let them. Read our latest blog and fight back.
www.neweconomynyc.org/2025/05/pred...
Don’t let them. Read our latest blog and fight back.
www.neweconomynyc.org/2025/05/pred...
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/m...
Fortunately, communities have long had the solutions—from CLTs to worker co-ops to public banking. 🧵
nydailynews.com/2025/06/26/m...
Mamdani & NYC’s unaffordable economy
The promise of taxing the rich to fund social services propelled Zohran Mamdani to victory in Tuesday’s New York City Democratic mayoral primary. His campaign vows to reverse decades of socia…
nydailynews.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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/m...
Fortunately, communities have long had the solutions—from CLTs to worker co-ops to public banking. 🧵
nydailynews.com/2025/06/26/m...
NEW: In passing the FAIR Business Practices Act, the Legislature expanded the Attorney General’s powers—but stripped out the core provisions that would have empowered everyday New Yorkers to directly challenge corporate abuse.
Our full statement: neweconomynyc.org/resource/sta...
Our full statement: neweconomynyc.org/resource/sta...
June 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
NEW: In passing the FAIR Business Practices Act, the Legislature expanded the Attorney General’s powers—but stripped out the core provisions that would have empowered everyday New Yorkers to directly challenge corporate abuse.
Our full statement: neweconomynyc.org/resource/sta...
Our full statement: neweconomynyc.org/resource/sta...
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Help us keep reporting this story. Have you experienced fraudulent service? Have your wages been garnished over a lawsuit you didn't know about?
Email our reporters at [email protected] and [email protected].
Email our reporters at [email protected] and [email protected].
NEW: Have you been sued for credit card debt?
In NYC, tens of thousands of people are sued for debt every year. But many never learn about the lawsuits, because process servers don’t deliver the court papers.
In NYC, tens of thousands of people are sued for debt every year. But many never learn about the lawsuits, because process servers don’t deliver the court papers.
Have You Been Sued for Credit Card Debt? Your Fake Relative Might…
Collectors claim they serve people who don't exist, yet regulators rarely bar repeat offenders from the industry.
nysfocus.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Help us keep reporting this story. Have you experienced fraudulent service? Have your wages been garnished over a lawsuit you didn't know about?
Email our reporters at [email protected] and [email protected].
Email our reporters at [email protected] and [email protected].
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NEW: Have you been sued for credit card debt?
In NYC, tens of thousands of people are sued for debt every year. But many never learn about the lawsuits, because process servers don’t deliver the court papers.
In NYC, tens of thousands of people are sued for debt every year. But many never learn about the lawsuits, because process servers don’t deliver the court papers.
Have You Been Sued for Credit Card Debt? Your Fake Relative Might…
Collectors claim they serve people who don't exist, yet regulators rarely bar repeat offenders from the industry.
nysfocus.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: Have you been sued for credit card debt?
In NYC, tens of thousands of people are sued for debt every year. But many never learn about the lawsuits, because process servers don’t deliver the court papers.
In NYC, tens of thousands of people are sued for debt every year. But many never learn about the lawsuits, because process servers don’t deliver the court papers.
👉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/com...
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/com...
comptroller.nyc.gov
May 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
👉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/com...
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/com...
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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 @citylimitsnews.bsky.social: citylimits.org/opinion-mayo...
Must-read in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social: citylimits.org/opinion-mayo...
Opinion: Mayoral Candidates—It's Time for NYC's Elite to Live for the People, Not off the People - City Limits
"As the race for who will be the next mayor takes shape, the city lies at the intersection of vast private wealth and public squalor. We need to hear who among the candidates has a new vision and narr...
citylimits.org
May 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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 @citylimitsnews.bsky.social: citylimits.org/opinion-mayo...
Must-read in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social: citylimits.org/opinion-mayo...
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On Monday, May 5th, @nypirg.bsky.social Staff Attorney Kyle Giller testified at the NYC Banking Commission hearing about the need to divest our tax dollars from Wall Street and establish a public bank that could reinvest our tax dollars into local community needs. @neweconomyproject.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
On Monday, May 5th, @nypirg.bsky.social Staff Attorney Kyle Giller testified at the NYC Banking Commission hearing about the need to divest our tax dollars from Wall Street and establish a public bank that could reinvest our tax dollars into local community needs. @neweconomyproject.bsky.social