Podcasts about new economy project

April 23, 2025 - New York State Attorney General Letitia James is going after de facto payday lending operations that she claims are engaging in abusive and deceptive practices. Andy Morrison, associate director of the New Economy Project, discusses the attorney general's lawsuit and makes the case for stricter regulations of online financial services.

Jan. 6, 2025 - New York has laws governing interest rates for loans, but these regulations aren't capturing some of the latest evolutions of lending. We examine legislation looking to close these loopholes with the help of Andy Morrison, associate director of the New Economy Project.

Oct. 25, 2024 - Should New Yorkers face fees to access government benefits? Legislation pushed through by Democratic lawmakers would end the practice for electronic benefit cards, including debit cards for unemployment benefits. We discuss this proposal and financial fees more broadly with Andy Morrison, associate director of the New Economy Project.

In this episode on community wealth building, we look at how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing the assets that exist in their place. It's the Kryptonite to the corporate model that extracts wealth from communities. Instead, they're anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people - from land to money and finance. We hear from Nicole Ndumele from the Center for American Progress; Mike Strode, from The Kola Nut Collaborative; and Deyanira del Río of the New Economy Project. Resources Center for American Progress New Economy Project Open Collective Foundation The Kola Nut Collaborative Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas | Bioneers Reader This episode is part 1 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here. Guest Host Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends, which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Media Center. Credits This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch Producer: Teo Grossman Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris

December 22, 2023 - We discuss the role of employee-owned businesses and how the state can foster their growth with Tori Kuper, a board member of Cooperation Buffalo, and Andy Morrison, associate director of the New Economy Project.

Sept. 28, 2023 - Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged to invest state resources into community development financial institutions, which cater to New Yorkers disproportionately overlooked by traditionally banking. We consider what this investment could look like with Jorge Vasquez Jr., chairman of the Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union, and Andy Morrison, associate director of the New Economy Project.

As this year's budget season comes to a close in New York City, Tousif Ahsan, Public banking campaign organizer at the New Economy Project, and James Parrott, Director of economic and fiscal policies at the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School, explain the findings of a new report that shows how holding city money in a public bank could uplift the local economy, create jobs, tackle the affordable housing crisis, and move us forward on the path for a more sustainable and economically just future.

As ICCR's Chief Executive Officer since January 2016, Josh Zinner oversees programs and operations for the organization, and is the lead external organizational representative. Josh has more than 25 years' experience as a non-profit leader, coalition-builder and policy advocate. Josh is also a long-time public interest lawyer who has spent his career working to promote social and economic justice and corporate accountability. For the eight years prior to coming to ICCR, Josh co-directed the New Economy Project, an organization that works with community groups on economic justice issues and is at the forefront both locally and nationally in the fight against discriminatory financial practices.On this episode of Outside In, Josh talks with Jon about shareholder advocacy, ethical values and financial value, systemic risk and universal ownership. Jon and Josh discuss how transparency and disclosure is still critical but why ICCR is looking more and more for companies to put in place principles and governance mechanisms to align their political spending and their lobbying with their stated core values.

46 groups are calling on state lawmakers to enact a Community Equity Agenda that embraces economic democracy and racial justice, with a focus on public banks, housing, and redlining. Sarah Ludwig of the New Economy Project and Alÿcia Bacon of Mothers Out Front talks with Mark Dunlea of the Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Dec. 5, 2022 - The New York Community Equity Agenda is pushing a package of reforms in 2023 that they hope will change the state's approach to economic development and uplift ordinary New Yorkers. New Economy Project founder and CEO Sarah Ludwig and For The Many's Brahvan Ranga outline the coalition's agenda for the new year.

Dec. 5, 2022 - The New York Community Equity Agenda is pushing a package of reforms in 2023 that they hope will change the state's approach to economic development and uplift ordinary New Yorkers. New Economy Project founder and CEO Sarah Ludwig and For The Many's Brahvan Ranga outline the coalition's agenda for the new year.

Dec. 5, 2022 - The New York Community Equity Agenda is pushing a package of reforms in 2023 that they hope will change the state's approach to economic development and uplift ordinary New Yorkers. New Economy Project founder and CEO Sarah Ludwig and For The Many's Brahvan Ranga outline the coalition's agenda for the new year.

On Wednesday, August 3, 2022, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended the "Community Breakfast and Retreat" sponsored by the "New York State Community Equity Agenda," which is a coalition of community and labor groups. The purpose of the meeting was to educate these groups about the five-point plan and how they could get involved in this effort. In this Labor segment, Willie interviewed, Co-Director, Sarah Ludwig of the New Economy Project and played excerpts from Senior Campaign Organizer Mike Sandmel's remarks about the NYS Community Equity Agenda. For more information: https://www.neweconomynyc.org/our-work/campaigns/community-equity-agenda/

frick private property, ammiright??? this week we talk to two brilliant guests with us: Rahel Biru. a collective member of Mayday Space, and Elise Goldin, a campaign organizer with the New Economy Project. mayday space: https://maydayspace.org/ NYC community land initiative: https://nyccli.org/ theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

For a New, Just and Caring Economy in NY, and Bard BAC Students This week in La Voz en Breve, journalist Mariel Fiori has a show on education and family. She spoke with Amalia de la Iglesia and Delia Marx of the New Economy Project coalition that seeks to get New York legislators to take concrete and bold action for a just recovery and an economy rooted in racial and social justice, workers' rights, cooperation and ecological sustainability. In addition, she introduced several of the Spanish-speaking students of the Bard BAC program, which awards a Bard College degree to people 24 and older in our community, completely free. They sat around the table to tell us about their experience: Verónica Martínez Cruz, Sebastián Delgado, Carolina Martínez Cruz and Kwame Holmes, academic mentor and recruiter for the program. Registration for the new school year is open and closes on March 1. For more information, you can write to Yesenia Ruiz Cortes at yruizcortes@bard.edu Para una nueva economía, justa y solidaria en NY, y los estudiantes de Bard BAC Esta semana en La Voz en breve, la periodista Mariel Fiori tiene un programa de educación y familia. Conversó con Amalia de la Iglesia y Delia Marx de la coalición New Economy Project que busca que los legisladores de Nueva York tomen acciones concretas y audaces para una recuperación justa y una economía arraigada en la justicia racial y social, los derechos de los trabajadores, la cooperación y la sostenibilidad ecológica. Además, presentó a varios de los estudiantes hispanohablantes del programa Bard BAC, que otorga una licenciatura de Bard College a personas mayores de 24 años de nuestra comunidad, completamente gratis. Se sentaron a la mesa para contarnos su experiencia: Verónica Martínez Cruz, Sebastián Delgado, Carolina Martínez Cruz y Kwame Holmes, mentor académico y reclutador del programa. La inscripción para el nuevo ciclo lectivo está abierta y cierra el 1 de marzo. Para más información, pueden escribir a Yesenia Ruiz Cortes a yruizcortes@bard.edu

Dec. 13, 2021 - A statewide coalition is hoping 2022 is the year New York levels the economic playing field and coalition members Sarah Ludwig, founder of the New Economy Project, and Melissa Marquez, CEO of the Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union, break down their legislative plans to achieving that future.

Sarah Ludwig, Founder, and Co-Director of the New Economy Project joins Kristan for our last conversation in our series on economic justice. New Economy Project is a New York City-based organization whose mission is to build an economy that works for all, based on cooperation, equity, social and racial justice, and ecological sustainability. Sarah and Kristan discussed how the New Economy Project achieves its mission by supporting cooperative and community-controlled development, and by challenging corporations that harm communities and perpetuate inequality and poverty.Special thanks to Humanities New York (HNY) for its grant supporting our economic justice series.

Steve Grumbine’s guest is Raul Carrillo of the New Economy Project and Modern Money Network.  As an anti-poverty & economic justice attorney he has a unique perspective on the monetary system. Raul talks about his seminal article, “The Dangerous Myth of Taxpayer Money,” and the legal history of taxation, citing the Supreme Court ruling that the gov’t has power to issue money backed only by the full faith & credit of the US gov’t - not backed by gold, taxes, or bonds.  He reveals some startling facts about the connection between taxation and the civil rights struggle for public education. Raul & Steve discuss the scramble to find truncated ways to present complex ideas.   Progressives must attack false scarcity, which is at the core of both conservative & liberal thinking.  Raul says that fighting for the Job Guarantee brings people to understand the concentration of power.  It’s an awareness that can create the momentum to take on the system itself.   Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973, by Camille Walsh https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469638942/racial-taxation/ https://splinternews.com/the-dangerous-myth-of-taxpayer-money-1819658902 @RaulACarrillo on Twitter Modern Money Network https://modernmoneynetwork.org/ New Economy Project https://www.neweconomynyc.org/   Special Thanks to Geoffrey Ginter for the excellent intro song! And of course special thanks to our guest Christian Reilly, the donors of Real Progressives and our excellent staff of volunteers.

Amazon's HQ2 in New York City's Long Island City neighborhood of Queens is off. In a conversation recorded before the news broke, we looked at the resistance the plan provoked and why, and considered how development might be possible without displacement? The conversation featured Sasha Wijeyeratne, Executive Director of CAAAV organizing Asian communities, Juleon Robinson, Program Associate of the New Economy Project, and Maritza Silva-Farrell, Executive Director of ALIGN, Then we take a tour of that neighborhood with a Long Island preacher's son,” Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor, Senior Pastor of Center of Hope Church International and the co-founder & CEO of Urban UpBound, L.I.C., Queens. Music Spotlight: Pete Seeger singing “Which Side Are You On?” written by Florence Reece in 1931. Support TheLFShow!

When the last remaining bank branch on the Lower East Side closed its doors in 1986, local activists took matters into their own hands and organized to establish a non-profit financial cooperative, the Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union. This episode features a conversation between New Economy Project co-director Sarah Ludwig and Linda Levy, the credit union’s longtime CEO. They discuss how the credit union got started, and Linda shares her experience organizing for financial justice and the cooperative economy in New York City.

Quakers (The Religious Society of Friends) have for centuries combined a radical commitment to personality morality with works in the world, including reforming economic life. This continues today, as we talk to Olivia Hanks, program manager for the Quaker Peace & Social Witness "New Economy" project, looking at overturning the inequities of modern economic life, looking to bring natural resources in common and create a sustainable world for future generations.

New Yorkers Speak Out: Kenneth Lovell & Patrick Lovell by New Economy Project

What would students in debt, worker coops, and entrepreneurs stand to gain from a public bank in the financial capital of the world?  This week, Deyanira del Río- New Economy Project, Linda Levy, Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union & Cindy Martinez-Enlace on why it's more needed than ever - and what they're doing to make it happen. Then, the Public Bank NYC's recent launch action with NYC organizations, including NYPRIG; NYCC; and The Working World.  Music: "Masters of Greed" by Rebel Tumbao, Spiritual Life Music.  Support theLFShow

What lies ahead for change makers in 2018, the right and the rest. Laura talks politics, culture, and economics with Tarso Luis Ramos, executive director of Political Research Associates, and Sarah Ludwig, co-founder of the New Economy Project. Plus, Laura tries to imagine a real human family? Music Featured: “Um, Did He Lie?” a parody commentary on SOTU by Parody Project with lyrics by Don Caron and “Walking with Fire” by Sylvia Black ft Jaleel Shaw. Support theLFShow at our website

4 December 2017 - Though Will is still on vacation, I am joined by two of our associates. Basically, we came at the subject of framing from many different directions throughout the show.  I start with a fairly deep dive into dynamic scoring. I know––you can't wait, right?!? While scoring methodology is one of those suuuuuppppper dry subjects, dynamic scoring in important because of the framing space it supposedly grants to Republicans and because this frame is so good at getting us to take our eyes off the carrot. Paying attention to what actually matters in this reality means that we MUST STOP talking about deficits and stay focused on our values, on the real economy and on the welfare and happiness of our people - and by that I mean #AllOfUs. Hopping Mad Associate, Alexis Dent, is up next. For those of you who are regular listeners, you will notice that Joel has changed his name to Alexis and he begins his block by briefly telling us about that before talking about the current conversation which is everywhere these days, sexual harassment. Alexis is not sharing or commenting upon the latest stories or scandals, rather he is talking about what he believes to be a shift in some of the long-standing victim-blaming agendas and his concern about the inevitable backlash. He also takes a few minutes to address the fact that not all victims are women and while this is a time for women to have their say, all of those who have been the victims of predators are to be believed, supported and empowered. HM Associate David Paquette is back with us again to keep diving into health insurance related issues. This time he uses an excellent framing, likening health insurance to the fire department. I did not know anything about the insurance industry efficiency scoring of fire departments but Dave explains it well and appropriately. He moves from there to a discussion of the use of emergency rooms as primary insurance of last resort and how The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) came into being. Another fascinating story I did not know. Dave ties all of this back to the Donor's Relief Bill, currently known as the Republican Tax Plan, in a very timely way. In Extra Mad I close out the show with a terrific article, from SplinterNews.com, by Raúl Carrillo (@RaulACarrillo), of New Economy Project, and Jesse Myerson, of Hoosier Action, The Dangerous Myth of 'Taxpayer Money'. This is an outstanding article about framing and how we talk about public money from the point of view of two experienced and accomplished activists. I recommend that you read it and share it WIDE. Will is back next week! Carrots! - Arliss

This episode, we focus on the payday lending industry’s most recent attempt to legalize high-cost predatory lending in New York. We feature a conversation with New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou about the importance of standing up for strong consumer protections as a matter of racial and economic justice. We also sit down with New Economy Project’s Campaigns Director, Andy Morrison, to discuss a vision for financial justice for New York City’s communities.

Episode 2: Neighborhood organizing for community control, with Northern Manhattan is Not for Sale by New Economy Project

Episode 1: How frontline communities power the environmental justice movement, with Eddie Bautista by New Economy Project

Let's Be Real - promo by New Economy Project