Category Archives: News

CBPP: Sequestration’s Impact: It’s Real IOLA Grants Committee Meeting NYS Bridge Plan Suspends New Enrollments After March 2, 2013 CRL Comment to CFPB on Ability to Repay Standards under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Empire Justice Memo of … Continue reading →

The Impact of the Sequester on WIC Student debtor who lost fair debt case loses again in Supreme Court Child Care Subsidies Are in Danger Across New York State New York Times Article on Banks Aiding Payday Loans: There’s Even … Continue reading →

A Housing Problem – Or an Income Problem? State shuts down two debt collectors in Buffalo Massachusetts Bill To Ban Data-Mining of Student Emails NY Times: Despite Aid, Borrowers Still Face Foreclosure Housing caught in the wake of sequester debates … Continue reading →

CFPB: Help stop the student debt domino effect NY Times: Major Banks Aid in Payday Loans Banned by States Consumer Bureau Said to Warn Banks of Auto Lending Suits Governor Cuomo Announces Department of Financial Services Notifies Debt Collectors Not … Continue reading →

The Language of Justice The reason foreclosures will continue Canarsie Braces for Foreclosure Wave After Sandy Using TANF to Fight Family Homelessness How Borrowers Choose and Repay Payday Loans Medicaid Alerts –published by the Medical Insurance and Community Services Administration … Continue reading →

Editorial: Stem tide of rising student debt Consumer Financial Agency Chief Lays Out 2013 Agenda FTC Action Halts Operation That Billed More Than $25 Million to Consumers’ Bank and Credit Card Accounts without Their Consent MLTC Roll-Out – Due Process … Continue reading →

HARP hits 2 million refinances Advantages of a non-Apple phone or tablet Minimum wage hike back on the table Mortgage bill promoted by Obama faces uphill climb Notice of Proposted Settlement of Class Acton -Suffolk County – Child Care Benefits

Lawyer iPhone and iPad stories Advocates Pan City’s Record on Disabilities CFPB: Qualified mortgages explained Defense attorneys say judges wrongly allow ‘robo-witnesses’