Category Archives: News
3/19/14
Why the DOJ won’t back down on auto lenders Housing Finance At A Glance: A Monthly Chartbook NY Times: Rikers Island Struggles With a Surge in Violence and Mental Illness Consumer Advocates Call for Further Protections in Medicaid Managed Long … Continue reading
3/18/14
Young, Black Gifted…and Living in a Shelter Who uses food stamps? Millions of kids, that’s who The Call: How many beds does your town have for homeless youth? Where Have All the Loans Gone? The Impact of Credit Availability on … Continue reading
3/17/14
New Job Opening Posted NY Times: A Loan Fraud War That’s Short on Combat Consumerist: Another Payday Loan Biggie Being Probed By CFPB Senate Passes First Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization in Eighteen Years Consumers Call to Delay … Continue reading
3/14/14
NY Times: Federal Judge Went Too Far in Disability Lawsuits, a Court Says Critically Important Speech by NY CJ Lippman on “The Judiciary as the Leader of the Access to Justice Revolution” Mandatory Enrollment of Nursing Home residents in Managed … Continue reading
3/13/14
Zombie foreclosures still weighing on housing markets Disabled Americans fighting for the right to save more money New Jersey Appellate Court Clarifies Debt Buyers’ Burden Of Proof Junk Justice: A Statistical Analysis of 4,400 Lawsuits Filed by Debt Buyers CBO: … Continue reading
3/12/14
New Job Openings Posted Prepaid cards taking the place of bank accounts NY Times: As Homeless Shelter Population Rises, Advocates Push Mayor on Policies
3/11/14
Some States Still Pushing Drug Testing for Welfare New contact list posted for Main NYC Medicaid Offices that moved to Brooklyn in May 2013 Fast-tracking foreclosures on vacant properties could result in substantial cost savings, say Cleveland Fed researchers CBPP: … Continue reading
3/10/14
How the safety net leaves out poor, unmarried men Aid Cuts Have Hit 2 Million Long-Term Unemployed FTC targets Buffalo area debt collector for threatening consumers NY Times: Renters Hope for Promised Freeze as de Blasio Prepares to Fill Guidelines … Continue reading