Advancing Economic Opportunity in New York City:
Role of Credit Unions and Community Banks
Join us for a forum on the financial challenges facing low-and moderate-income consumers and the innovations in products and partnerships credit unions, community banks and CDFIs in New York City are using to address access, affordability, and greater financial stability.
When: Thursday, February 2, 2017 | 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Where: PACE University | One Pace Plaza | New York, NY
Agenda:
8:30am — Breakfast & Registration
9:00am — Welcome Remarks
- Public Advocate Letitia James
- Andrew Flamm, Director, Pace University Small Business Development Center
9:10am — Keynote Address
- Alex Horowitz, Pew Charitable Trusts
9:30am — Financial Insecurity in New York City.
- Moderator: Alex Horowitz, Pew Charitable Trusts
- Claire Kramer, Assistant Vice President and Community Affairs Officer Outreach & Education, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Tim Ogden, Managing Director of the US Financial Diaries project
- Nicole Smith, Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Financial Empowerment, NYC Department of Consumer Affairs
10:45am — Break
11:00am — Building Financial Security; Innovations and Challenges.
- Moderator: Cliff Rosenthal, Visiting Scholar, The New School
- Caitlyn Brazill, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, CAMBA
- Rafael Monge, President, Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union
- Samira Rajan, CEO, Brooklyn Coop Federal Credit Union
- Melanie Stern, Community Reinvestment Act Officer and Director, Consumer Lending, Spring Bank
- Takisia Whites, President of Carver Community Development, Carver Bank
12:25 pm — Closing Remarks
- Ibrahim Khan, Chief of Staff, Public Advocate Letitia James
Hosted by:
Letitia James, New York Public Advocate
Spring Bank
Carver Federal Savings Bank
Pace University Small Business Development Center
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
For more information, please contact:
Bich Ha Pham, bpham@pubadvocate.nyc.gov, 212-669-2716