National Federation of Community Development Credit Union, Press release cites NEDAP's rendering of testimony on behalf of New Yorkers for Responsible Lending, at NYS Assembly hearing on high cost loans.

ITV Gold, 9/18/06, "Live Call-in Show"

Crain's New York Business, 10/16/06, "Boroughs' Bank Boom"

American Banker, 9/8/06, "Block Revamp of Tax Lending Turns on Thrift"

WBAI, 9/1/06, You and Your Money

Crain's New York Business, 8/7/06, "NY's immigrants stranded by banks"

Newsday, 8/2/06, "Law Targets Housing Scams"

City Limits, 7/31/06, "Watching the Collections: Debtor Protection in the Works"

The Times Union, 7/24/06, "Bill can end predatory lending"

The New Standard, 7/19/06, "As Predatory Lending Adapts to Weak Regulations, the Poor Pay"

Norwood News, 5/24/06, "Everyone Should Be Told of Homeowner Assistance on 311"

Brooklyn Free Press, 5/8/06, "Avoid Lending and Foreclosure Scams"

HITN's Diálogo de Costa a Costa, 4/20/06, "Todo lo que Usted Debe Saber Antes de Abrir una Cuenta Bancaria" ("Everything You Should Know Before Opening a Bank Account").

Radio Campesino, 4/13/06, NEDAP spoke about financial justice issues facing immigrants in the U.S.

Bloomberg.com, 4/7/06, "Jackson Hewitt Reaps Profit, Skepticism on 69% Tax-Refund Loan"

The New York Post, 3/26/06, "Consumer Groups Aim to See H&R Blocked"

NY Daily News, 3/20/06, "Avoid the refund ripoff"

Crain's New York Business, 3/17/06, "Cashers Reap Big Rewards"

American Banker, 3/16/06, "H&R Block: As Office of Thrift Supervision OKs Charter Bid Spitzer Sues"

San Diego Union-Tribune, 3/16/06, "New York Sues H&R Block over money-losing Express IRA"

USAToday, 3/15/06, "Spitzer accuses H&R Block of Defrauding Investors"

NPR's Market Watch, 3/15/06, "'Express' Deception?"

ABC Nightly News, 3/15/06, cites NEDAP RALs report

North Country Gazette, 3/15/06, "NYS Sues H&R Block For Fraudulent Marketing of IRAs"

NewsInferno.com, 3/15/06, "NY Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Tax Giant HR Block for Fraudulently Marketing IRAs"

WBAI, 3/6/06, NEDAP on Wake-up Call.

WBAI, 3/5/06, NEDAP on Talk Back.

The New York Post, 2/19/06, "Rapid Ripoff"

The Latin Post, 2/16/06, "Piden justicia financiera para liberar al inmigrante neoyorquino de la pobreza." (English version here)

The New Standard, 2/11/06, "Poor Communities and Advocates Fight Tax-time Deception"

Newsday, 1/29/06, "The Big BITE"

WBAI, 1/4/06, WBAI

2005

American Banker, 11/29/05, "N.Y. Overdraft Plan Could Have Nationwide Effect."

Newsday, 10/30/05, "Stealing the House Itself."

Washington Post, 7/29/05, “Hot Housing Market Opens Doors for Fraud; Dream of Homeownership is Preyed Upon.”

Boston Globe, 7/29/05, “Ameriquest sets aside $325m for settlement.”

New York Times, 7/17/05, “Which Mortgage? A Complicated Tale.”

Our Time Press, 6/16/05, “Commerce and Community.”

Demos, 6/10/05, "Banks Corner the Market on Tax Time Rip-Offs"

Daily News, 6/3/05, “They take your home”

Buffalo News, 5/12/05, “Misguiding the Poor; State and Federal Disclosure Laws Target Bad Tax Preparation Practices”

El Diario, 4/15/05, in Spanish, “Los bancos y el reembolso de sus impuestos”and English, "Banks Corner Market on Tax-Time Rip-Offs"

World Peace Herald, 3/17/05, “Reaching the ‘unbanked’”

Buffalo News, 3/16/05, “Group seeks restrictions on tax refund anticipation loans”

The Business Review, 3/15/05, “Group calls for new laws to regulate tax refund loan industry”

New Standard, 2/11/05, “Poor Communities and Advocates Fight Tax-time Deception”

Newsday, 2/6/05, “Raising canes to save a service”

El Diario, 2/3/05, “Advierten de los ‘préstamos de día de pago"

Newsday, 1/13/05, “The mayor still has a promise to keep”

2004

City Limits, 12/6/04, "NEDAP Honored: Local economic justice group wins Ford Foundation award"

Daily News, 12/3/04, "Women of Valor"

City Limits, 10/18/04, "CRA-zy For Change: Feds Seek to Limit Bank Regs"

New York Times, 10/17/04, "Losing Your Dream Home"

On Philanthropy, 10/15/04, "Profiles/Interviews From On Philanthropy"

Newsday, 8/15/04, "When your checks bounce: 'protection' options, costs"

Buffalo News, 7/12/04, "HSBC takes over tax refund loan business run by Household"

Staten Island Advance, 5/2/04, "Islanders snared in credit trap: A $2,000 balance with an 18-percent rate could take 18 years to pay off"

Chicago Tribune, 4/16/04, "Critics voice concerns on takeover of Bank One"

Queens Chronicle, 4/15/04, "Jamaica Named As Boro’s Only Banking Development District"

New York Times, 4/2/04, "Looser U.S. Lending Rules Are Protested"

Queens Courier, 2/4/04, "Anti-Predatory Lender Law Not Approved"

Newsday, 1/18/04, "Stuck in High-Premium Traffic"

2003

New York Times, 11/30/03, "Trying to Keep a House She Signed Away"

New York Sun, 11/25/03, "Spitzer Says Out-of-State Companies Charge Illegally High Interest Rates: Up to 780% a Year on Payday Loans"

Press Release, New York State Attorney General, 9/24/03, "New York Sues to Stop Illegal Payday Lending Scheme: Coalition warns against high-interest loans that saddle consumers with huge debt"

Fieldworks, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, August 2003, Partnership Protects Seniors from Predatory Lending in New York

The Visionary, June 2003, "Community Alert! Do Not Become a Prey for Predatory Lending."

Bronx Beat, 4/14/03, "Fighting back against unfair mortgages." or the entire 4/14/03 issue.

New York Times, 2/23/03, "The ABC's (and XYZ's) of Home Buying"

2002

Newsday, 12/13/02, "Curbing High-Cost Loans."

Queens Examiner, 11/21/02, "Queens Group Takes Action Against Predatory Lending."

New York Times, 11/10/02, "New Curbs on Predatory Loans."

New York Times, 5/7/02, "Home Lender Offers to Settle Claims of Predatory Practices."

Sing Tao Daily, 4/29/02, "Predatory Lending Increases 1000%."

New York Times, 3/27/02, "Failing Mortgages Soar in New York."

New York Times, 3/24/02, "A Wider Loan Pool Draws More Sharks."

Daily Gazette, 3/19/02, "Banks, advocates split on predatory lending."

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